ABSTRACT Neoleucinodes elegantalis is an important tomato pest in Brazil, occurring throughout the country and resulting in economic losses in agriculture. In several species, biogeographic studies in Brazil indicate the structuring of populations, following the refuge model, with a split between the populations of the northeast and the southeast regions of Brazil. The objective of this work was to analyze the phylogeography of N. elegantalis in Brazil, understanding its population structure and the demographic patterns. Larvae were collected from eight locations throughout Brazil, and the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene was analyzed. A total of 628 bp in 51 individuals were obtained, showing 12 haplotypes with a haplotype diversity of 0.836. Spatial analysis of molecular variance (SAMOVA) and cluster analysis showed two populations, indicating population structuring between individuals from the northeast (population 1) and southeast (population 2) regions of Brazil. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the clades corresponding to the groups defined by SAMOVA have a divergence time of 0.2–0.5 million years, suggesting isolation during climatic events and a separation of the two populations coinciding with the predicted refuges to the Atlantic forest.

A deltametrina é um dos inseticidas mais usados em cultivos de milho no Brasil visando o controle da lagarta-do-cartucho, Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Apesar de esse inseticida ser muito bem conhecido sob o aspecto toxicológico, pouco se sabe sobre seu impacto em coleópteros neotropicais. Assim sendo, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito do inseticida deltametrina na comunidade de coleópteros associados a cultivos de milho. Os tratamentos usados foram os sistemas de plantio convencional e plantio direto com a aplicação ou não de deltametrina. O sistema de plantio afetou o conjunto de espécies selecionadas para análise. Foi detectado efeito significativo da deltametrina apenas no sistema de plantio convencional enquanto que no sistema de plantio direto, a aplicação do inseticida não afetou de forma significativa a comunidade de coleópteros presentes no milho, sugerindo um efeito mitigador exercido por esse sistema de plantio no impacto causado pelo inseticida.

Deltamethrin is one of the most frequently used insecticide in Brazilian maize fields aiming to control the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Despite the fact that the toxicology of this insecticide is well known, there is little information about its impact on Neotropical Coleoptera. Therefore our objective was to evaluate the deltamethrin effect on the Coleoptera assemblage associated with maize crops. The treatments used were conventional and no tillage cultivation with or without deltamethrin sprays. There was significant effect of the cultivation system on the species assemblage selected for analysis. The effect of deltamethrin was only detected in the conventional cultivation system, while no significant effect of insecticide spraying was observed on the Coleoptera assemblage associated with the maize crop, suggesting a buffer effect provided by this cultivation system in the impact caused by the insecticide.

O controle químico apresenta vantagens como economicidade e rapidez de ação, e tem sido preferencialmente usado no controle de pragas pelos agricultores. Em contrapartida, entre as desvantagens destaca-se o largo espectro de ação dos compostos, que atingem espécies não-alvos, como inimigos naturais, além de contaminarem o meio ambiente. O presente trabalho avaliou a ação dos inseticidas clorpirifós, dissulfotom, etiom e paratiom-metílico, normalmente usados para controlar o bicho-mineiro-do-cafeeiro Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Mèneville), sobre o ácaro predador Iphiseiodes zuluagai Denmark & Muma, agente de controle dos ácaros fitófagos Oligonychus ilicis (McGregor) e Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) em agroecossistema cafeeiro. Para verificar o efeito seletivo dos compostos sobre o ácaro predador, concentrações discriminatórias (CLs99) dos quatros inseticidas foram determinadas para o 3º instar larval de L. coffeella, através do método de bioensaios de concentração-mortalidade em papel-filtro, impregnado com resíduo seco de inseticidas. O clorpirifós causou 100% de mortalidade dos ácaros testados; o etiom e o paratiom-metílico causaram 34% e 19% de mortalidade, respectivamente. Dissulfotom foi o mais seletivo em favor do predador, não mostrando ação letal. O efeito diferenciado dos inseticidas foi desta forma verificado, e tal informação possibilita a utilização dos inseticidas seletivos no agroecossistema cafeeiro, preservando populações de I. zuluagai e favorecendo o controle biológico exercido pelo ácaro predador.

Chemical control has been preferentially used to suppress pests by farmers mainly due to low price of the products and immediate action on target organisms. However, wide action range of the compounds, undesirable effects on non target organisms and the contamination of the environment are among the disadvantages of this method of control. This study evaluated the action of the insecticides chlorpyrifos, disulfoton, ethion and methyl-parathion, normally used to control the coffee leaf-miner, Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Mèneville), on the predaceous mite Iphiseiodes zuluagai Denmark & Muma, a control agent of the phytophagous mites Oligonychus ilicis (McGregor) and Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) in coffee plantation. Discriminatory concentrations (LC99), established on the 3rd instar of L. coffeella, by means of the method of dry insecticide residues impregnated in filter paper, were used to verify the selectivity of the insecticides on the predaceous mite. The insecticide chlorpyrifos caused 100% of mortality in I. zuluagai. Ethion and methyl-parathion showed mortality of 34% and 19%, respectively. Disulfoton presented the highest selectivity for the mite, with no lethal action on the predator. The different effects found on the insecticides' action show that it is possible to use the selective insecticides in coffee plantation to preserve populations of I. zuluagai, thus favouring the biological control on phytophagous mite.