Publications

feeding behavior of two exotic aphid species on their original hosts in a new invaded area.	greenidea ficicola takahashi and greenidea psidii van der goot (aphididae: greenideinae) are asian aphid species newly introduced in brazil associated with moraceae and myrtaceae. the feeding behavior of g. ficicola and g. psidii was investigated on their respective host plants, ficus benjamina (moraceae) and psidium guajava (myrtaceae), using the electrical penetration graph (epg). fifteen females of each aphid species were monitored during 24h using a dc-epg giga-4 monitor. the time spent in p ...	2011	21710027
range expansion of the invasive insect greenidea (trichosiphon) psidii (hemiptera: aphididae) in the neotropical region.	greenidea psidii is an invasive insect from asia that feeds on a diverse variety of agriculturally and environmentally important plant species. as an essential component of research necessary for development of a better understanding of biodiversity and its conservation, this study documents a major recent expansion in range of g. psidii in the neotropics to the region of the tropical restinga ecosystem of brazil, where it was found infesting guava (psidium guajava) and jabuticaba (plinia caulif ...	2016	27376002