First Record of Lepidoptera in Southern Brazilian Salt Marshes

Marcel Lucas Gantes; Daiane Silveira Carrasco; Fernando D'Incao

doi:10.12741/ebrasilis.v6i2.241

First Record of Lepidoptera in Southern Brazilian Salt Marshes

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Marcel Lucas Gantes Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
Daiane Silveira Carrasco Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
Fernando D'Incao Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v6i2.241

Keywords:

Butterflies, estuary, moths, Borboletas, estuário, mariposas

Abstract

Salt marshes are highly productive environments and economic importance, however, little attention is given to insects in this ecosystem, and its entomofauna unknown in Brazil. Thus, it is the first record for lepidopteran Southern Brazilian coastal marshes (32°01’S; 052°06’W).

Primeiro Registro de Lepidoptera em Marisma no Sul do Brasil

Resumo. Marismas são ambientes de grande produtividade e importância econômica, no entanto, pouca atenção é dada aos insetos neste ecossistema, sendo sua entomofauna desconhecida no Brasil. Assim, faz-se o primeiro registro de lepidópteros para as marismas do sul do Brasil (32°01’S; 052°06’W).

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2013-07-19

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Gantes, M.L., Carrasco, D.S. and D’Incao, F. 2013. First Record of Lepidoptera in Southern Brazilian Salt Marshes. EntomoBrasilis. 6, 2 (Jul. 2013), 160–161. DOI:https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v6i2.241.

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2013)

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Scientific Note

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