Ocorrência de Serratia marcescens bizio sobre lagartas de Heliothis virescens (Fabr.) Occurrence of Serratia marcescens bizio on Heliothis virescens (Fabr.)

Observou-se, em laboratório, grande número de lagartas mortas em uma criação de Heliothis virescens (Fabr.). Dessas lagartas, isolou-se uma bactéria, posteriormente identificada como Serratia marcescens Bizio. O presente trabalho registra sua ocorrência e comprova-lhe a patogenicidade sobre aquelas lagartas.<br>A large quantity of dead worms was observed in rearing of Heliothis virescens. A bacteria, later identified as Serratia marcescens Bizio, was isolated from the dead worms. The present work registers the occurrence and confirms the pathogenicity of S. marcescens on H. virescens

Protozoosis caused by Vairimorpha necatrix (Microsporia, Nosematidae) in larvae of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Vairimorpha necatrix was detected among laboratory cultured and field collected Spodoptera frugiperda larvae. Weak infections were not always fatal. In the case of fatal infections among diseased larvae, white patches were formed by agglomerations of adipose tissue beneath the transparent integument. The mid-gut of S. frugiperda larvae presented the first site of histological alterations caused by V. necatrix. The migration of the pathogen, probably occured in the form of agglomerations, from the epithelial cells to the body cavity. Adipose tissue appears to be the principal site for the pathogen development. The nerve ganglia, muscle fibres and epidermis also presented histological alterations due to the pathogen propagation