01299naa a2200253 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000210006024501180008126000090019952005530020865000230076165000110078465000170079565300200081265300210083265300110085365300160086465300200088065300290090070000190092970000260094877300710097411326192018-05-10       1995    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aMORAES, G. J. de  aGrowth of the mite Mononychellus tanajoa (AcaribTetranychidae) on Alternative Plant Hosts in Northeastern Brazil  c1995  aSeveral artificial diets were evaluated as alternatives to decomposing pineapple [Ananas comosus (L.) Merrill] for culture of Rhynchophorus cruentatus (F.) larvae. The most suitable diet tested for larval growth and survival was a combination of canned pineapple, oats, sucrose, molasses, brewers yeast, Wesson's salts, vitamins and preservatives. Diets that were not supplemented with brewers yeast provided poor larval growth arid survival. Larvae cultured from artificial diets were placed in sugarcane (Saccharum officinaram L.) foi population.  alaboratory rearing  aInseto  aLaboratório  aArtificial diet  aDieta artificial  aInsect  aPalm weevil  aPalmetto weevil  aRhynchophorus cruentatus1 aMOREIRA, A. N.1 aDELALIBERA JUNIOR, I.  tFlorida Entomologist, Winter Havengv. 78, n. 2, p. 350-354, 1995.