EPILACHNA-VIGINTIOCTOPUNCTATA (COLEOPTERA, COCCINELLIDAE), NEW RECORDFOR WESTERN-HEMISPHERE, WITH A REVIEW OF HOST PLANTS

Authors
SCHRODER RFW ATHANAS MM PAVAN C
Citation
Rfw. Schroder et al., EPILACHNA-VIGINTIOCTOPUNCTATA (COLEOPTERA, COCCINELLIDAE), NEW RECORDFOR WESTERN-HEMISPHERE, WITH A REVIEW OF HOST PLANTS, Entomological news, 104(2), 1993, pp. 111-112
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Entomological news → ACNP
ISSN journal
0013872X
Volume
104
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
111 - 112
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-872X(1993)104:2<111:E(CNR>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The first discovery of the phytophagous coccinellid Epilachna vigintio ctopunctata (F.) in the Western Hemisphere was made October 8, 1990 on wild cucurbit plants near Curitiba, Parana, Brazil. new records since that discovery are given for Paranagua, Parana and Itajai, Santa Cata rina. host plants of agricultural importance are given.