Medeiros, Fabiola Rodrigues [UNESP]Santos de Lemos, Raimunda NonataCosta Rodrigues, Antonia AliceBatista Filho, AntonioMachado Gois de Oliveira, Leonardo de JesusGusmao Araujo, Jose Ribamar2018-11-262018-11-262018-01-01Revista Brasileira De Fruticultura. Jaboticabal Sp: Soc Brasileira Fruticultura, v. 40, n. 2, 3 p., 2018.0100-2945http://hdl.handle.net/11449/160282Black fly is a pest of Asian origin that causes direct and indirect damages to citrus, damaging the development and production of plants. For the development of efficient management strategies of the pest, the integration of control methods is necessary, and biological control is the most appropriate. Among the agents that can be used, entomopathogenic fungi arc considered one of the most important and wide-ranging use. This work investigated the occurrence of Purpureocillium lilacinum (Thom.) Luangsa-ard et al. (= Paecilomyces lilacinus), attacking nymphs of citrus black fly, Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). The fungus was isolated from infected Black fly nymphs, present on Citrus spp leaves in flic municipality of Morros, Maranhao. After isolation, purification and morphological and molecular characterization, pathogenicity test was performed with A. woglumi nymphs. Morphological and molecular correspondence was verified between inoculum and the reisolated, proving the pathogenicity of A lilacinum.3engbiological controlAleurocanthus woglumientomopathogenicfungiArtigo10.1590/0100-29452018237S0100-29452018000200403WOS:000432389300001Acesso abertoS0100-29452018000200403.pdf