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This work investigated the potential of Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Astigmata: Acaridae) to control Lasioderma serricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) in the laboratory. L. serricorne is the most destructive insect pest ever found on stored tobacco. The experimental delineation had 33 arenas being each experimental unit with 11 arenas of experiments with eggs, larva of L. serricorne with the density of T. putrescentiae maintained constant, where from 11 of these arenas, eight were for the analysis of predation and three to evaluate the natural mortality of the insect. The highest predation rate was found during the larval stage with, approximately, 54, 68 and 78% mortality of L. serricorne from the fourth until the sixty day of predation. These results indicated that it was possible to use the predatory mite T. putrescentiae in pest management programs of L. serricorne in the storage units of tobacco.
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The development and survival of Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) nymphs fed on larvae of Chlosyne lacinia saundersii Doubleday & Hewitson (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) was studied at 25 ± 1ºC, 68 ± 10 percent relative humidity and 12 h photo phase. P. nigrispinus developed until the adult stage when fed on C. lacinia saundersii caterpillars. However, the survival rate of P. nigrispinus during early instars allowed this predator to complement its diet with other preys and to maintain its populations in areas with the sunflower culture.
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An egg mass of Dirphia moderata Bouvier was collected around a branch of Eucalyptus cloeziana to register the occurrence and to study the biological aspects of this species fed with leaves of E. cloeziana or P. guajava at 25 ± 2º C, relative humidity of 60 ± 10 percent and photo phase of 12 h. The duration and viability of the larva stage of D. moderata was 56.01 days and 80.00 percent and 55.79 days and 72.5 percent for its caterpillars fed with the first and second host plants, respectively. The duration (days) and viability ( percent) of the pupae stage of this insect were 37.64 and 87.00 fed with E. cloeziana and 49.93 and 87.75 with P. guajava, respectively. The average longevity (days) was 6.79 and 8.85 for males and 10.48 and 10.09 for females with E. cloeziana and P. guajava, respectively. Each female of D. moderata laid 121.71 and 112.00 eggs with an incubation period (days) of 18.14 and 17.79 and viability ( percent) of 75.0 and 70.0 with the first and the second hosts, respectively.
Postura de Dirphia moderata Bouvier, 1919 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) foi coletada ao redor de um ramo de Eucalyptus cloeziana na área experimental do Laboratório de Entomologia Florestal da Universidade Federal de Viçosa, em Viçosa, Minas Gerais. O objetivo foi registrar a ocorrência e estudar aspectos biológicos de D. moderata alimentada com folhas de E. cloeziana ou Psidium guajava na temperatura de 25 ± 2º C, umidade relativa de 60 ± 10 por cento e fotofase de 12 horas. A duração e a viabilidade larval foram de 56,01 dias e 80,00 por cento e de 55,79 dias e 72,50 por cento para lagartas de D. moderata alimentadas com E. cloeziana ou Psidium guajava, respectivamente. A duração (dias) e a viabilidade ( por cento) do estágio de pupa foram de 37,64 e 87,00 para este inseto com E. cloeziana e de 49,93 e 87,75 com P. guajava, respectivamente. A longevidade média (dias) foi de 6,79 e 8,85 para machos e de 10,48 e 10,09 para fêmeas desse inseto com E. cloeziana e P. guajava, respectivamente. Cada fêmea de D. moderata depositou 121,71 e 112,00 ovos com período de incubação (dias) de 18,14 e 17,79 e viabilidade ( por cento) de 75,0 e 70,0 com essas plantas hospedeiras, respectivamente.