Heliothis virescens (F.) was observed damaging table grape bunches (18 d after onset of the flowering period), in Marialva County, Paraná State, Brazil. The pest fully ruined the bunches for the fresh market, and the damage was characterized as quite different from that of other lepidopteran larvae on grapes. Proximity to soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) fields in which H. virescens developed was the probable cause of its occurrence on grapes.
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1 June 2015
First Record of Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Damaging Table Grape Bunches
Maurício Ursi Ventura,
Sérgio Ruffo Roberto,
Adriano Thibes Hoshino,
Mateus Gimenez Carvalho,
Fernando Teruhiko Hata,
Werner Genta
Florida Entomologist
Vol. 98 • No. 2
June 2015
Vol. 98 • No. 2
June 2015
dano à planta
host plant
lagarta-da-maçã
new occurrence
nova ocorrência
plant damage
planta hospedeira