A lepidopteran defoliator attack on Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa) in central Amazonia, Brazil

Torbjørn Haugaasen

doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00506.x

A lepidopteran defoliator attack on Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa) in central Amazonia, Brazil

Torbjørn Haugaasen

School of Environmental Sciences

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Abstract

This paper describes a severe outbreak of a Lepidopteran defoliator, Lusura altrix (Stoll 1782), on Brazil nut trees in Central Amazonia. The pest outbreak appeared to succeed abnormal weather conditions, and defoliation was sufficient to disrupt normal phenological patterns.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	275-278
Number of pages	4
Journal	Biotropica
Volume	41
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00506.x
Publication status	Published - 2009

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