[Banana tree pests attacking Heliconia latispatha Benth. (Heliconiaceae)].
In mid-May 2005, the caterpillars Antichloris eriphia (Fabr.) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) and Calligo illioneus (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) which are banana tree pests, were found attacking six-month old stalks of Heliconia latispatha Benth., planted near a banana tree plantation in Jaguariuna, SP, Brazil. The attack by C. illioneus is observed by the first time in Brazil.
Watanabe
Maria A
MA
EMBRAPA MEIO AMBIENTE, Jaguariúna, SP. watanabe@cnpma.embrapa.br
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D032427:Heliconiaceae; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000502:physiology*; D028521:Musa / Q000469:parasitology*