First report of Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) damaging noni ( Morinda citrifolia L.) in Colorado do Oeste (RO), Brazil

This study aimed store cord the attack of Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in noni, Morinda citrifolia L. This record was random. The workers were collected manually in June 2015 in the southern region of Rondonia, Brazil. The defoliation by ants was recorded in a noniplant four years old. On the site we found only one ant nest. Defoliation happened from the bottom up. The foraging time was concentrated at night. This is the first record of ants cutting leaves of noni in the state of Rondonia and Brazil.

KEYWORDS:
foraging; ants; ant