Pragas da bananeira atacando Heliconia latispatha Benth. (Heliconiaceae)

Watanabe, Maria Aico

doi:10.1590/s1519-566x2007000200021

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“…The most common and specialized are those of the genera Caligo and Opsiphanes (Nymphalidae), which are among the largest caterpillars of the Neotropics (up to 20 cm in length) (De Vries 1987). These 'giant' caterpillars feed mostly on Heliconiaceae and Musaceae, and to a limited extent, on Marantaceae, Arecaceae, and Cylanthaceae (De Vries 1987, Watanabe 2007. Smaller, more generalist caterpillars such as Antichloris eriphia (Arctiidae), Tarchon felderi (Apatelodidae), and Sibine apicalis (Limacodidae) also have been recorded feeding on Heliconia leaves (Auerbach & Strong 1981, Assis et al 2002.…”

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Insect Herbivory and Leaf Disease in Natural and Human Disturbed Habitats: Lessons from Early‐SuccessionalHeliconiaHerbs

Santos

Benítez‐Malvido

2011

Biotropica

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The interaction of plants with insect herbivores and fungal pathogens can affect community dynamics, but there is little information on how this antagonistic interaction may be altered in human-disturbed tropical systems. We examined whether the amount and quality of foliar damage on the pioneer herbs Heliconia latispatha and Heliconia collinsiana are distinct on road edges and secondary riparian vegetation compared with natural gaps in continuous forest (controls) in Mexico. We also investigated some physical and biological mechanisms that may jointly explain such differences. The overall insect damage in H. latispatha was similar between road edges and natural forest gaps (8.0% vs. 7.2% of leaf area). Damage by caterpillars, however, decreased from 4.2 percent in forest gaps to 0.5 percent on road edges, whereas damage by leaf-cutting ants increased from 0 to 5.8 percent. In secondary riparian vegetation, where none of the leaves sampled were attacked by ants, overall herbivore damage in H. collinsiana was less than half that observed in forest gaps (3.0% vs. 6.7%), and driven mainly by differences in caterpillar damage (2.5% vs. 6.2%). By contrast, attack by leaf fungal pathogens was two to three times greater in both human-disturbed habitats than in gaps (8.2-9.6% vs. 3.7-4.2%). Potential mechanisms underlying these differences involved human-induced shifts in air and soil temperature driven by greater light availability, as well as changes in relative humidity, leaf toughness, foliar condensed tannins, and local abundance of herbivores. Our results indicate that human disturbance alters insect herbivory and may increase proliferation of leaf disease.Abstract in Spanish is available in the online version of this article.

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Insect Herbivory and Leaf Disease in Natural and Human Disturbed Habitats: Lessons from Early‐SuccessionalHeliconiaHerbs

Santos

Benítez‐Malvido

2011

Biotropica

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“…O uso de Heliconiaceae como planta hospedeira já foi relatado na literatura para C. i. illioneus, e para outras espécies do gênero Caligo (DeVries 1987, Brown 1992, Penz et al 1999, Gallo et al 2002, Watanabe 2007, sendo este o primeiro registro para H. velloziana.…”

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“…Posteriormente, Cleare (1926) realizou estudos biológicos dessa subespécie na Guiana. Nos biomas do Brasil há registros na Floresta Mesófi la Semidecidual do estado de São Paulo (Brown 1992), na Mata Atlântica do Espírito Santo (Brown & Freitas 2000), no Cerrado do Distrito Federal , além de vários locais onde se cultiva a bananeira no país (Gallo et al 2002, Watanabe 2007. No presente trabalho, C. i. illioneus é registrada pela primeira vez para a Mata Atlântica de Pernambuco.…”

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Estágios imaturos de Caligo illioneus illioneus (Cramer) (Nymphalidae: Morphinae: Brassolini)

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Paluch²

2009

Neotrop. entomol.

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“…Insect defoliators of banana plants include Calligo illioneus (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Antichloris eriphia (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) and Opogona sacchari (Bojer) (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae), which may decrease fruit production (Watanabe 2007).…”

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Nidification of Polybia platycephala and Polistes versicolor (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) on Plants of Musa spp. In Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Zanúncio

Serrão

2014

Sociobiology

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Social wasps are natural enemies of caterpillars and, therefore, they have potential to control insect pests in various crops. Three colonies of Polybia platycephala (Richards) and one of Polistes versicolor (Olivier) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) were found on plants of banana (Musa spp.) in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. These colonies were at 3.50 m high, under the leaves, which provide shelter from environmental stress.

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Pragas da bananeira atacando Heliconia latispatha Benth. (Heliconiaceae)

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Insect Herbivory and Leaf Disease in Natural and Human Disturbed Habitats: Lessons from Early‐SuccessionalHeliconiaHerbs

Insect Herbivory and Leaf Disease in Natural and Human Disturbed Habitats: Lessons from Early‐SuccessionalHeliconiaHerbs

Estágios imaturos de Caligo illioneus illioneus (Cramer) (Nymphalidae: Morphinae: Brassolini)

Nidification of Polybia platycephala and Polistes versicolor (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) on Plants of Musa spp. In Minas Gerais State, Brazil

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