PARASITISMO DO BICUDO DO ALGODOEIRO (Anthonomus grandis) EM BOTÕES FLORAIS DO ALGODOEIRO, NO MUNICÍPIO DE GOIÂNIA-GO

This work studied the indexes of parasitism of A. grandis in floral buttons of the cotton plants, collected in the soil and in the plants, in an area not treat with insecticides, located in the School of Agronomy of the Universidade Federal de Goias, municipal district of Goiânia-GO. Floral buttons were collected with and without sign of oviparousness of the beaked ones. They presented larger parasitism occurrence in those collected in the soil. The parasites were identified as: Chelonus sp. ( Microchelonus ), Bracon sp. and Pteromalidae . KEY-WORDS: Insecta ; parasitism; cotton plant; Anthonomus grandis .