Naupactus cervinus is a species highly polyphagous that has already been registered causing damages to many crops in several States of Brazil. This paper aims to register, for the first time, the occurrence of N. cervinus in coffee trees in the State of Minas Gerais, as well as to describe damages and infestation in a coffee plantation. An infestation was observed in a coffee sprout re-plantation, variety Catuaí, in the area of Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais. In feeding, adults of N. cervinus cut out the borders of tender leaves giving them an aspect of moon in first quarter. One verified an average of 2,1 ± 0,3 insects for tree and the majority of analyzed plants was inside the class of plants with less than 25% of attacked leaves.
Coffee; injuries; leaf eating beetle; Curculionidae
