Isolamento, identificação, síntese e avaliação de campo do feromônio sexual do minador-dos-citros, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)

Abstract

Isolation, identification, synthesis and field evaluation of the sex pheromone from the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856 (Lepidoptera:Gracillariidae)The objectives of this work were to isolate, identify, and synthesize the sex pheromone of Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), as well as to evaluate its efficiency in field conditions, to rationalize the control of this pest within a Citrus Integrated Pest Management scope. The research was developed at