Biomorphometry of Automeris liberia Cramer (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in oil palm in the Amazon

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https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2022v43n2p797

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Elaeis guineenses Jacq, Leaf stripper caterpillar, Biological cycle.

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Automeris liberia Cramer are found in South America, with documented sightings in Ecuador, Peru, some regions of Mexico and, more recently, the Brazilian Amazon. These moths cause damage to several plant species. We designed an experiment to study the biology and morphometry of A. liberia in the laboratory and provide information for the management of the pest in oil palm cultivation in the Brazilian Amazon. Caterpillars for rearing were collected from commercial areas of oil palm cultivation, where they cause defoliation of the plant. They were fed a natural diet of oil palm leaves of the Tenera variety and observed from second generation onwards. Sex, behavior, posture, mass, body length, wingspan, body diameter, sex ratio, average growth ratio, and antenna were quantified. The embryonic stage lasted 14 days, followed by seven larval instar stages over 36 days. The pupal stage lasted 21 days. Adults had a longevity of 4.5 and 6 days and a total biological cycle of 78.5 and 80 days, for males and females, respectively. The growth ratio was 1.49. The antennae showed sexual dimorphism, with bipectinate morphology in males and filiform in females. In the adult stage, morphological variables were evaluated (body length, thoracic diameter, wingspan, forewing length, forewing height, hindwing length, hindwing height, antenna length, number of antennomeres, and body mass), and they showed significant differences between males and females (Newman-Keuls test, P < 0.05).

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Ana Paula Magno do Amaral, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia

Student of the Doctoral Course in Agronomy, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, UFRA, Belém, PA, Brazil.

Flávio Henrique Santos Rodrigues, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia

Undergraduate Agronomy Student, UFRA, Belém, PA, Brazil.

Camila Serrão Souza Lima de Deus, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia

Undergraduate Agronomy Student, UFRA, Belém, PA, Brazil.

André Luiz da Silva Athaide, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia

Undergraduate Agronomy Student, UFRA, Belém, PA, Brazil.

Camila da Silva Lima, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia

Undergraduate Agronomy Student, UFRA, Belém, PA, Brazil.

Ricardo Salles Tinôco, Grupo Agropalma

Researcher, Doctor, Grupo Agropalma, Açailândia, PA, Brazil.

Gilson Sanchez Chia, Grupo Agropalma

Researcher, Doctor, Grupo Agropalma, Açailândia, PA, Brazil.

Telma Fátima Vieira Batista, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia

Doctor Teacher, UFRA, Belém, PA, Brazil.

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2022-02-25

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Amaral, A. P. M. do, Rodrigues, F. H. S., Deus, C. S. S. L. de, Athaide, A. L. da S., Lima, C. da S., Tinôco, R. S., Chia, G. S., & Batista, T. F. V. (2022). Biomorphometry of Automeris liberia Cramer (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in oil palm in the Amazon. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 43(2), 797–808. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2022v43n2p797

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