Research Article

Accidental Fire in the Cerrado: Its Impact on Communities of Caterpillars on Two Species of Erythroxylum

Table 4

Families and species of caterpillars found on two species of Erythroxylum in burned and control areas of cerrado in the FAL from September 2005 to August 2006 (NI = no information about diet breadth; polyphagous = feeds on species from two or more families of plants; restricted = feeds only on species of Erythroxylaceae).

Family
Species
Control areaBurned areaDiet breadth

Arctiidae Fregela semiluna (Walker, 1854)04Polyphagous
Paracles sp.62Polyphagous

Dalceridae Acraga infusa (Schauss, 1905)42Polyphagous
Acraga sp. 101NI
Acraga sp. 202NI
Dalceridae sp.01NI
Dalcerina tijucana (Schauss, 1892)10Polyphagous

ElachistidaeAntaeotricha sp.*103216Restricted
Timocratica melanocosta (Becker, 1982)23Polyphagous

GelechiidaeDichomeris sp. 1110Restricted
Dichomeris sp. 2226Polyphagous
Dichomeris sp. 3*26160Restricted
Dichomeris sp. 438Polyphagous
Dichomeris spp. (duas espécies)*6884Restricted
Gelechiidae sp.*4450Restricted

GeometridaeCyclomia mopsaria (Guenée, 1857)*1624Restricted
Geometridae sp. 130Restricted
Geometridae sp. 201Restricted
Stenalcidia sp. 105NI
Stenalcidia sp. 210Restricted

LimacodidaeLimacodidae sp. 101Polyphagous
Limacodidae sp. 201NI
Limacodidae sp. 310NI
Limacodidae sp. 420NI
Limacodidae sp. 520NI
Miresa clarissa (Stoll, 1790)01Polyphagous
Platyprosterna perpectinata (Dyar, 1905)50Polyphagous
Semyra incisa (Walker, 1855)21Polyphagous

MegalopigydaeMegalopyge albicollis (Schauss, 1900)01Polyphagous
Megalopyge braulio Schauss, 192401Polyphagous
Norape sp. 43Polyphagous
Podalia annulipes (Boisduval, 1833)01Polyphagous

NoctuidaeCydosia mimica (Walker 1866)01Restricted
Cydosia punctistriga (Schauss, 1904)01NI
Eloria subapicalis (Walker, 1855)07Restricted
Noctuidae sp. 01Restricted

NotodontidaeHeterocampa sp. 712Polyphagous

OecophoridaeInga haemataula (Meyrick, 1911)61Polyphagous
Inga phaeocrossa (Meyrick, 1912)10Polyphagous

PyralidaeCarthara abrupta (Zeller, 1881)123Polyphagous

RiodinidaeEmesis sp.10Polyphagous
Hallonympha paucipuncta (Spitz, 1930)01Polyphagous

SaturniidaeHylesia schuessleri Strand, 193410Polyphagous

TortricidaePlatynota rostrana (Walker, 1863)03Polyphagous

UrodidaeUrodus sp.05Restricted

Unidentified
sp. 110NI
sp. 211NI

*Indicates the five commonest species.