MONITORING AND POPULATION-DYNAMICS OF LEP IDOPTERA ASSOCIATED WITH EUCALYPTUS .6. BELO-ORIENTE REGION, MINAS-GERAIS, BRAZIL

The objective of this research was to study lepidopterous, associated with Eucalyptus grandis plantation in Belo Oriente, Minas Gerais State , Brazil. Five light traps were used each two weeks from June 1987 to May 1988. The insects collected were packed and sent to the Federal Un iversity of Vicosa, where they were catalogued and divided by Family. After that, main pests of Eucalyptus were identified and the remaining insects were identified whenever possible. During this period, 507 sp ecies were captured and among them nine primary pests and five seconda ry pests of Eucalyptus. Besides those 65 others species were identifie d.