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Table 1 Comparison between the frequencies obtained in the conventional entomological survey with frequency, citation order and insects saliency recorded on the free list by 36 okra producers in the Irrigated Perimeter Jacaré Curituba, Canindé de São Francisco, SE, Northeast Brazil

From: Rapid assessment of insect fauna based on local knowledge: comparing ecological and ethnobiological methods

Scientific name

Local name

Frequency index (conventional survey)

Frequency (%) (free list)

Order of quotation (free list)

Saliency (free list)

Aphis gossypii

Pulgão

42.3

87.2

3.09

0.37

Bemisia tabaci

Mosca branca

37.7

76.9

2.23

0.52

Phenacoccus sp.

Cochonilha

15.2

69.2

1.11

0.67

Diabrotica speciosa

Vaquinha

0.16

51.3

4

0.13

Gryllus assimilis

Grilo

0.15

15.4

2.33

0.10

--

Lagarta roscaa

--

15.4

1.83

0.12

--

Formigaa

--

15.4

1.5

0.13

--

Lagarta-verdea

--

12.8

2

0.09

Lagria villosa

Podador

0.20

5.1

1

0.05

--

Cigarrinhaa

--

2.6

1

0.02

  1. aEspecimen not collected in the conventional survey of entomofauna