Abstract

DUARTE-DE-MELO, Jefferson; OLIVEIRA DOS SANTOS CAJE, Suianne  and  DE MOURA LIMA, Iracilda Maria. First record of Pachybrachis Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) on Spermacoce verticillata L. (Rubiaceae) and synthesis of its plant associations in Brazil. Rev. peru biol. [online]. 2021, vol.28, n.3, e20133. ISSN 1727-9933.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v28i3.20133.

This study reports Pachybrachis sp. association with a new host, Spermacoce verticillata L. (Rubiaceae). It synthesizes Brazil locality records and host plant records from literature. Specimens of adults and larvae were collected on the host in an urban area of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. Larvae and adults were reared on the host plant in the laboratory, using fresh plant tissue daily.

Keywords : Alagoas; Host plant; Immature; Insect-plant interaction; Pachybrachina.

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