%0 Journal Article
%T Record of Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) preying on Metrogaleruca obscura degeer (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
%A Moura
%A LA
%A Grazia
%A J
%J Neotropical Entomology
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S1519-566X2011000500016
%X asopines are predators of insects, with several species with potential as biocontrol agents of a number of pests. metrogaleruca obscura (degeer), a neotropical species of galerucini, was introduced in malaysia, asia, and mauritius, africa, to control the spread of cordia curassavica (boraginaceae), a native plant of the neotropics. the occurrence of podisus nigrispinus (dallas) preying on m. obscura is recorded, and cordia verbenacea (boraginaceae) is mentioned as a host plant for m. obscura. a list of chrysomelidae attacked by asopines in the neotropical region is also presented.
%K cordia
%K heteroptera
%K black sage.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1519-566X2011000500016&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en