“…However, in one case, the distance between plants occupied by different species was very short, less than 0.5 m. BERTI FILHO et al, 1993;CANCELLO, 1986;CONSTANTINO, 2002;CZEPAK et al, 1993;FERREIRA, 1998;SILVA et al, 1968). In sugarcane, although P. triacifer has been cited as causing damage to the stems, an intensive study in cane fields of São Paulo catalogs this species as infrequent (BERTI FILHO et al, 1993;JUNQUEIRA et al, 2015). It has also been mentioned damaging elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.…”