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    • Figure 1. 

      Erinnyis ello larvae infesting cassava crop in Cruzeiro do sul, Acre State, Brazil. (a) Fourth instar larva ingesting cassava leaf. (b) Cassava crop completely defoliated by the E. ello larvae.

    • Figure 2. 

      Erinnyis ello larvae with symptoms of baculovirus infection.

    • Figure 3. 

      Electron micrographs of the occlusion bodies. Oval-shaped granules containing only a single virion. (a) 50,000× magnification. (b) 85,000× magnification.

    • Figure 4. 

      Restriction profiles of the ErelGV-Acre isolate. 1 DNA λ/Hind III marker; 2 ErelGV DNA cleaved with Bam HI; 3 ErelGV DNA cleaved with Eco RI; 4 ErelGV DNA cleaved with Hind III; 5 ErelGV DNA cleaved with Pst I; 6 DNA λ/Pst I marker. The yellow arrows indicate the presence of DNA fragments and red arrows indicate double bands.