Galhas entomógenas em um fragmento urbano de mata Atlântica no centro de endemismo de Pernambuco
2009; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL; Volume: 7; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1679-2343
AutoresSheila Patrícia Carvalho Fernandes, Bruno Paes Castelo-Branco, Felipe Alcântara Albuquerque, Aretuza Bezerra Brito-Ramos, André Luiz Nunes Ferreira, Dan Vítor Vieira Braga, Jarcilene Silva de Almeida‐Cortez,
Tópico(s)Forest Insect Ecology and Management
ResumoPlant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues and can be caused by various inducing agent. The objective of this study was characterize the galls induced by insect in host plants in an urban remnant of Atlantic forest. Branches with galls was collected, observed and described the morphological characteristics as color, form, pubescence, grouping and localization of galls. After the emergency of the inductor, the insects and galls were fixed in ethanol 70% and included in the galls collection. Thirty and two morphotypes of galls had been associated with 13 families of host plants, located in leaves (67.14%), stem (28.57%) and buds ( Key words:
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