Abstract
, were collected in the municipality of Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, Brazil (20° 24’ 39” S and 42° 55’ 15” W; 456 m) in July, 2011. The fruit was counted, weighed and stored in screen-covered plastic trays containing vermiculite and kept at room temperature. The substrate was sifted daily and the obtained puparia were stored in flasks containing moist vermiculite. The emerged adults were preserved in 70% ethanol and identified using the identification keys published by Zucchi (2000), Canal and Zucchi (2000), and McAlpine and Steyskal (1982).
Highlights
A total of 188 fruits (0.38 kg) of cassava, M. esculenta, were collected in the municipality of Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, Brazil (20° 24’ 39” S and 42° 55’ 15” W; 456 m) in July, 2011
We emphasize that more intensive collection work is required in order to enable the molecular analysis of individuals obtained from fruit and leaf buds, preferably collected at the same location where this work was performed, as an incipient process of speciation may be taking place
This would make it possible to observe whether the infestation of the two host plant structures is synchronous
Summary
A total of 188 fruits (0.38 kg) of cassava, M. esculenta, were collected in the municipality of Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, Brazil (20° 24’ 39” S and 42° 55’ 15” W; 456 m) in July, 2011.
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