Abstract
The immature stages of Charidotella (Charidotella) flaviae Maia & Buzzi, 2005, collected on Ipomoea cairica (Linnaeus) Sweet (Solanales: Convolvulaceae) leaves, are described and illustrated. All of the immatures were from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.References
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