First Record ofHeliothis virescens(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Damaging Table Grape Bunches

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Grapevine defoliation by Spodoptera frugiperda Smith, 1797 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Brazil

“…A diverse range of arthropod pest species can damage grapevines by affecting the root system, stem, leaves, and fruit (FORMOLO et al, 2011;REINEKE & THIERY, 2016;WEIBINGER et al, 2019;RODRIGUEZ-GONZALEZ et al, 2020). Among the arthropod pests of aerial plant parts, the lepidopterans are a major cause of damage to leaves and grapes (ZENKER et al, 2010;BORTOLI et al, 2012;VENTURA et al, 2015). Thus, to establish efficient control strategies, knowledge of the lepidopteran species that damage cultivated plants is essential.…”

Biological parameters of tobacco budworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) reared on corn cobs at different temperatures

“…Recently, C. virescens has also been reported in Mexican corn fields (Sánchez-Vega et al 2019). Despite the potential threat to plant reproductive structures by the tobacco budworm (Bortolotto et al 2014, Ventura et al 2015, Baldwin et al 2021 At present, there has been considerable discussion on climate change and its impact on crop pests (Skendžic et al 2021). Therefore, it is important to examine the possible effects of temperature on insect biology, in addition to host quality, while developing pest management strategies (Clissold & Simpson 2015).…”

First report of Chrysodeixis includens (Walker, [1858]) (Lepidotera: Noctuidae) Injurious to Pineapple (Ananas comosus L.) (Bromeliaceae) in Brazil

“…It is possible that composition of the agricultural landscape (with adjacent soybean crops in their final stage), combined with the polyphagous habit of the pest, might have favored its occurrence in the pineapple crops. Owing to the selection pressure exerted by the environment, a polyphagous pest must be considered a "production system pest" rather than a "crop pest" as reported for other lepidopteran pests (McCaffery, 1998;Ventura et al, 2015).…”

“…Several recent studies have reported the occurrence of new pests on agricultural crops in Brazil. These include incidences of Heliothis virescens (Fabricius, 1781) (Lepidopetra: Noctuidae) causing damage in vineyards (Ventura et al, 2015), Cyclocephala flavipennis Arrow, 1914 (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) occurring on blueberries (Díez-Rodriguez et al, 2015), Euphoria lurida (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) attacking safflower (Androcioli et al, 2017), and Naupactus cinerosus (Boheman, 1833) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) causing damage to cassava plants (Barbosa et al, 2012).…”