Luis Miguel Constantino

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Who can identify this species of Spodoptera?

This species is not Spodoptera frugiperda nor Spodoptera latifascia. It is found in Colombia in different crops including coffee, mainly under greenhouse conditions. Please find attached the larva...

05 May 2019 8,555 8 View

Which are the species of plants that attract and maintain natural enemies in agricultural crops?

The maintenance of beneficial insect fauna ( parasitoids like Chalcidae, Eulophidae, Tachinidae, Braconidae wasps etc.) are important in crops for the biological control of pests. Which family of...

04 April 2019 5,680 6 View

Can anyone identify this Phobetron species (Limacodidae) from Colombia ?

This peculiar limacodid moth hangs from the branches like a monkey. It was photographed in the Andean region of Colombia.

01 January 2018 726 3 View

Agrotis malefida (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) ?

Please, I need to confirm this species similar to Agrotis ipsilon. It is a pest of maize and coffee in Colombia.

10 October 2017 8,526 2 View

Who can identify these insect eggs in coffee plants ?

I found these unusual insect eggs that resemble cream-chocolate biscuits on a coffee plant in Colombia. Unfortunately they were parasitized by wasps of the genus Telenomus so it was not possible...

05 May 2017 4,297 33 View

Reduvid egg parasitoids ?

I obtained three parasitoids from the same batch of eggs from a Reduviidae bug from Colombia possibly from the Platygastridae family. There are few published records of parasitoids in Reduviidae...

05 May 2017 3,812 4 View

Can anyone help in the identification of this tortricid moth ?

It was collected in Colombia, the larva sticks the leaves and feeds on coffee plants (Coffea arabica). It measures approximately 1 cm. Probably genus Platynota sp.

01 January 2017 8,050 7 View

Can anyone identify this moth (Lepidoptera) pest of stored grains ?

It feeds on damaged kernels of corn and coffee beans with high content of humidity in warehouses in Colombia.

10 October 2016 7,000 9 View

Can any one tell me the genus or species of this snout moth ?

I think it belongs to Hypeninae (Erebidae:Noctuoidea). I found the larvae feeding on leaves of coffee in Colombia. Please look at the photos of the adults (male and female in dorsal and lateral...

11 November 2015 8,053 14 View

Is science living an epidemic of useless studies?

A manifesto published by the scientific journal Nature, says that science is going through a stage of low credibility because many of the studies and scientific experiments lack 'reproducibility',...

01 January 1970 2,946 4 View

What is your opinion about the policies of deforestation promoted by the goverments of Brazil and Bolivia in the Amazon rainforest ?

The Amazon forest is on fire and the whole world will suffer the climatic consequences. The main cause of forest fires in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil and Bolivia are the deforestation policies...

01 January 1970 4,131 101 View

Who can identify this moth (Lepidoptera)?

The larvae feed on leaves of Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae) in Colombia

01 January 1970 5,619 2 View