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Algunos datos biológicos sobre una especie de Anadasmus (Lepidoptera, Stenomatidae) asociada con el aguacate, Persea americana, en Brasil

The larvae of Anedasmus vacans (Meyrick) NEW COMBINATION, were found feeding on the leaves of avocado, Persea americana Mill near to Sete Lagoas, State of Minas Gerais, Brasil. They make a resistant, irregular and conical tube among the leaves, in which they remain protected. When young, the larvae...

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Main Author: Becker, V.O.
Format: Artículo
Language:Español
Published: Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) 2023
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Online Access:https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/12519
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Summary:The larvae of Anedasmus vacans (Meyrick) NEW COMBINATION, were found feeding on the leaves of avocado, Persea americana Mill near to Sete Lagoas, State of Minas Gerais, Brasil. They make a resistant, irregular and conical tube among the leaves, in which they remain protected. When young, the larvae eat the parenchyma of the surfaces of the leaves; later on they destroy all the leaf, avoiding the main vein and the basis of the secondary ones.