Ocorrência e Distribuiçao populacional do psilídeo-de-concha Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore 1964, (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) em Floresta de Eucalipto no Litoral Norte do Estado da Bahia, Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Vinicius Masson, M.
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Costa Matos, W., Gracioso Peres da Silva, A., Mesquita Alves, J., Tamara Ribeiro, G., Wilcken, Carlos Frederico [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=3172801; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/5610

Australian origin, Glycaspis brimblecombei has become an important pest for the cultivation of eucalyptus in Brazil. causing major damages. The first report of the red gum lerp psyllid was conducted in june 2003, in São Paulo State, Brazil. In November 2008, was observed in the North coast of Bahia State, damaging Eucalyptus spp. In may 2009, we evaluated the intensity of attack on 708 hectares, planted with different hybrids of Eucalyptus, divided into 25 plots, in which it was found that 48% of the plots were infested with less than one nymph per leaf, 48% with one to three nymphs per leaf, and 4% with four to six nymphs per leaf.