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Lagria villosa
Pequenos insetos de corpo ovalar e cor parda escura ou negra, revestidos de fina pubescência. Cabeça encaixada no protórax até os olhos; antenas claviformes; pernas medíocres. Os besouros adultos encontram-se sobre a folhagem das plantas. às vezes sobre flores ou sobre a casca dos troncos. As larvas são saprófagas. (http://www.acervodigital.ufrrj.br/inseto...)
Small insects oval body and dark brown or black color, coated with thin pubescence. Head embedded in the prothorax to the eyes; claviform antennas; mediocre legs. The adult beetles are found on the foliage of plants. sometimes on flowers or on the bark of the trunks. Larvae are saprophytic.
Damage: Adults cause the destruction of the sheets, thereby reducing the photosynthetic area thereof, resulting in reduced production.
Can be attacked by fungus Beauveria bassiana. (http://www.biologico.sp.gov.br/docs/arq/...)
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