RESUMO

Laboratory studies and field observations in relation to the preference of Mansonia titillans (Diptera: Culicidae) to for oviposition over certain plants in 3 hatcheries of Havana Province (Bauta and Batabanó) and Havana City (Parque Lenin) were carried out. In the laboratory, the great number of ovipositions was found to occur under the leaves of plants such as Spirodela polirhiza, while under natural conditions it was observed that this can occur in egg hatcheries whenever Eicchornia sp is present, because these plants protect the eggs and provide adequate conditions for the larvae to complete the cycle of life in the roots.

Assuntos

Culicidae/fisiologia , Oviposição , Plantas , Animais , Cuba , Ecossistema , Feminino