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• Neotrop. entomol. 38 (5) • Oct 2009 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-566X2009000500025   copy

First Record of Zoophthora radicans (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) on Adults of the Paraguay Tea Psyllid, Gyropsylla spegazziniana Lizer & Trelles (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), in Brazil

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We report the first occurrence of Zoophthora radicans infecting adults of Gyropsylla spegazziniana Lizer & Trelles in a commercial Paraguay tea plantation (Ilex paraguariensis), in Cascavel, PR, Brazil. The fungus prevalence was high (90% of mortality), considered a natural epizooty.

Biological control; entomopathogenic fungus

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