Neotropical Entomology (2008) 37, 229-232

Aline F. Murta, Fabrício T.O. Ker, Dalbert B. Costa, Mário M. Espírito-Santo and Maurício L. Faria (2008)
Efeitos de remanescentes de Mata Atlântica no controle biológico de Euselasia apisaon (Dahman) (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) por Trichogramma maxacalii (Voegelé e Pointel) (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)
[Influence of Atlantic Rain Forest remnants on the biological control of Euselasia apisaon (Dahman) (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) by Trichogramma maxacalii (Voegelé e Pointel) (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)]
Neotropical Entomology 37 (2), 229-232
Abstract: This study evaluated the effects of Atlantic Rain Forest remnants on the natural biological control of Euselasia apisaon (Dahman) by the parasitoid Trichogramma maxacalii (Voegelé e Pointel) in Eucalyptus plantations. The number of E. apisaon eggs/leaf was higher in the center than in the edge of the plantations (23.5 ± 7.61 vs. 14.8 ± 3.14), but parasitism showed the reversed pattern (72.4% in the center and 80.5% in the edge). The results indicated that natural regulation exerted by T. maxacalii on populations of E. apisaon may be enhanced by the preservation of fragments of native vegetation surrounding Eucalyptus plantations.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
environment/habitat manipulation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Euselasia apisaon	Eucalypt (Eucalyptus)	Brazil (south)
Trichogramma maxacalii (parasitoid)	Euselasia apisaon	Eucalypt (Eucalyptus)	Brazil (south)