01238nam a2200241 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000230006024501130008326001490019652004810034565000160082665000140084265000100085665000110086665000240087765300210090165300150092265300110093770000180094870000170096670000130098320302292016-01-26 2015 bl uuuu u00u1 u #d1 aOLIVEIRA, M. M. de aPolistes canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) wasps prey Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758).h[electronic resource] aIn: REUNIÃO ANUAL DA SOCIEDADE INTERAMERICANA DE HORTICULTURA TROPICAL, 61., 2015, Manaus. Anais... Brasília, DF: Embrapa, 2015. p. 133.c2015 aPlutella xylostella (L., 1758) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), the diamondback moth, is an insect highly destructive, cosmopolitan and with several events of resistance to insecticide. Wasps are important agents of biological control, some studies point out the significance of social wasps of the genus Polistes in the regulation of pests to some crops. The aim of this work was evaluated the predation of diamondback moth by Polistes canadensis wasps on organic tillage of kale. aHymenoptera apredation aCouve aInseto aPlutella Xylostella aDiamondback moth aPredação aVespas1 aSOARES, E. F.1 aGOMES, F. B.1 aKRUG, C.