First Report of Citrus Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in the State of Paraná, Brazil

• Main Authors: Rúbia de Oliveira Molina, William Mário de Carvalho Nunes, Luciano Grillo Gil, Dirlene Aparecida Moreno da Fonseca Rinaldi, José Croce Filho, Regina Célia Zonta de Carvalho
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2014-08-01
• Series: Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
• Subjects: Citrus; Citrus pest; Aleyrodid
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132014000400472&lng=en&tlng=en

The citrus blackfly Aleroucanthus woglumi Ashby, (Hemiptera Aleyrodidae) is an important pest that occurs in citrus groves, native to south-east Asia. In Brazil, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, this is a quarantine pest (A2) under official control IN 52, 2007 (MAPA) and is not widespread in the country. The insect can infest more than 300 host plants, including cultivated plants, ornamentals and weeds, but mostly occurs in the plants of the genus citrus. This paper is the first report of citrus blackfly in the State of Paraná.