First record of Sphacelodes vulneraria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) damaging Hovenia dulcis in Brazil

Autor: Leandro Prado Ribeiro, Camila Corrêa, Rodolfo Vargas Castilhos
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Pesquisa Florestal Brasileira, Vol 37, Iss 91 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1809-3647
1983-2605
DOI: 10.4336/2017.pfb.37.91.1209
Popis: Hovenia dulcis Thunb. (Rhamnaceae), popularly known as Japanese raisin tree, is commonly used in shading aviaries and pigsties in south Brazil. In this note, we report for the first time the occurrence of Sphacelodes vulneraria (Hübner, 1823) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) damaging H. dulcis crops in Brazil and its potential as a new pest of this forest species.
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