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Defesa Fitossanitária • Cienc. Rural 45 (02) • Feb 2015 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-8478cr20140412   copy

Registro de Cyclocephala flavipennis Arrow, 1914 (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) danificando plantas de mirtileiro no Brasil

Record of Cyclocephala flavipennis Arrow, 1914 (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) injuring blueberry plants in Brazil

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Cyclocephala flavipennis Arrow, 1914 are usually found in winter cereals (wheat, barley, oat and triticale), corn and soybean in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Larvae of the species were detected in blueberry (Vaccinium ashei Reade) cultivar 'O´Neal', in March 2012 in the city of Pelotas, RS, Brazil. The white grub fed up with roots in restricted areas from the orchard. This is the first record of C. flavipennis in blueberry plants

white grub; damage; Vaccinium ashei

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