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artículos
Título:
New Host-Plant Records for the Defoliator Ormiscodes amphimone (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
Autor/es:
PARITSIS J, M ELGUETA, C QUINTERO, TT VEBLEN
Revista:
NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY
Editorial:
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC BRASIL
Referencias:
Año: 2010 vol. 39 p. 1048 - 1050
ISSN:
1519-566X
Resumen:
Ormiscodes amphimone (Fabricius) is a phytophagous moth species known to severely defoliate woody species in Chile and Argentina. Here we document new records of O. amphimone-host associations emphasizing the role of Nothofagus pumilio as its primary host in our study area. This new record for Argentina is highly significant given the economic importance of N. pumilio as a timber resource and the potential of O. amphimone to generate extensive outbreaks.