Insects associated with cocoa in Catacamas, Honduras, 2016

Abstract

Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is a tropical plant that belongs to the Malvaceae family. This research was carried out with the aim of contributing to scientific knowledge, through the identification and diversity of insects associated with cocoa cultivation. The study was developed from July 2016 to March 2017 in four cacao farms in Honduras in the Catacamas municipality of the Olancho department, in which pitfall traps, gallons with molasses, yellow traps and direct observation for capture and sampling were placed. of insects. The results have shown that the farm with the highest abundance of insects is El Nance, a total of 11 orders were found and the most abundant families were Formicidae, Muscidae, Scarabaeidae, Ceratopogonidae, Apidae, Vespidae, Nymphalidae, Culicidae, Nitidulidae and Acrididae. According to the diversity estimate using the Shannon Weaver index, the La Vega farm turns out to be the most diverse with an index of 1.06 and according to the Simpson index the most dominant farm is Rosales