TY - JOUR PY - 2014// TI - Accidents due to Lepidoptera: Hylesia nigricans (Berg, 1875) or "mariposa negra" JO - Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria A1 - Cabrerizo, Silvia A1 - Spera, Marina A1 - de Roodt, Adolfo Rafael SP - 179 EP - 182 VL - 112 IS - 2 N2 - 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.
Language: es
LA - es SN - 0004-0487 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0325-00752014000200018 ID - ref1 ER -