Primer Registro de Diaphania hyalinata (Linnaeus) y D. nitidalis (Stoll) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) sobre Melothria pendula L. (Cucurbitaceae) en el estado Lara, Venezuela

Abstract

Diaphania hyalinata (Linnaeus) and D. nitidalis (Stoll) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) are phytophagous species of economic importance in cucurbits. This study reports for the first time for Lara state, Venezuela on D. hyalinata and D. nitidalis on Melothria pendula L. (Cucurbitaceae) as a natural host plant and the distribution of D. nitidalis for this state is extended.