• Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 95 (4) • Dec 2005 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0073-47212005000400012   copy

Description of immature stages and notes on the biology of Phloea subquadrata (Heteroptera, Phloeidae)

Jorge L. C. Bernardes Jocélia Grazia Aline Barcellos Adriana T. Salomão About the authors

The eggs and five nymphal instars of Phloea subquadrata Spinola, 1837 are described and illustrated. Three new host plants are registered, and data on the development and biology of the insect are provided and discussed.

Immatures; external morphology; biology; neotropics; Phloeidae

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