Poekilloptera phalaenoides (Hemiptera: Flatidae) on Abarema villosa (Fabales: Fabaceae) in Diamantina, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Claubert Wagner Guimarães de Menezes; Sollano Rabelo Braga; Sebastião Lourenço de Assis Júnior; Marcus Alvarenga Soares; Wiane Meloni Silva; Wagner de Souza Tavares; José Cola Zanuncio

doi:10.1653/024.101.0123

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1 March 2018 Poekilloptera phalaenoides (Hemiptera: Flatidae) on Abarema villosa (Fabales: Fabaceae) in Diamantina, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Claubert Wagner Guimarães de Menezes, Sollano Rabelo Braga, Sebastião Lourenço de Assis Júnior, Marcus Alvarenga Soares, Wiane Meloni Silva, Wagner de Souza Tavares, José Cola Zanuncio

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Florida Entomologist, 101(1):128-130 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.101.0123

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Abarema villosa Iganci & M. P. Morim (Fabales: Fabaceae) is a medicinal and ornamental plant in the Cerrado biome of Brazil. Poekilloptera phalaenoides L. (Hemiptera: Flatidae) is a polyphagous pest that imbibes plant sap. This insect was observed on A. villosa plants in Diamantina, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Poekilloptera phalaenoides uses A. villosa plants as a site for shelter, feeding, and reproduction. This is the first report of A. villosa as a host of P. phalaenoides.

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Claubert Wagner Guimarães de Menezes, Sollano Rabelo Braga, Sebastião Lourenço de Assis Júnior, Marcus Alvarenga Soares, Wiane Meloni Silva, Wagner de Souza Tavares, and José Cola Zanuncio "Poekilloptera phalaenoides (Hemiptera: Flatidae) on Abarema villosa (Fabales: Fabaceae) in Diamantina, Minas Gerais State, Brazil," Florida Entomologist 101(1), 128-130, (1 March 2018). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.101.0123

Published: 1 March 2018

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