Open AccessAccidentes por lepidópteros: Hylesia nigricans (Berg, 1875) o “mariposa negra”
Author(s) -
Silvia Cabrerizo,
Marina Spera,
Adolfo Rafael de Roodt
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Portuguese
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2014.179
Subject(s) - lepidoptera genitalia , outbreak , instar , biology , geography , zoology , ecology , virology , larva
Lepidoptera (butterflies, caterpillars and moths) biologic features make possible the contact between different instars and humans. The moth Hylesia nigricans is responsible for epidemic outbreaks in our country. It is called erucism when the contact is with caterpillars and lepidopterism when the contact is with moths. We perform an update of these important medical lepidopters.