24 Abstract 25 26 We studied the metabolic costs associated with the ingestion of peppertree fruits (Schinus molle) in the culpeo fox, 27 Pseudalopex culpaeus, the second largest canid in South America. Throughout its range of distribution, this fox feeds 28 on rodents and other small vertebrates, and also on peppertree fruits, which represent 98% of total fruits consumed in 29 semiarid Chile. ...

Five new species of Paectes Hübner [1818] related to Paectes arcigera (Guenée) (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad) and Paectes longiformis Pogue (Brazil) are described: Paectes asper sp. n. (Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Domini...

El pimentero brasileño, Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi (Anacardiaceae), es una maleza invasora de áreas naturales y agrícolas California, Florida, Hawái Texas, EE. UU. Un trips, Pseudophilothrips ichini (Hood) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), fue autorizado liberado en el 2019 como primer agente control biológico para esta Los trips se alimentan las hojas enrojecidas que producen durante la temp...