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

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

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 rosca^a	--	15.4	1.83	0.12
--	Formiga^a	--	15.4	1.5	0.13
--	Lagarta-verde^a	--	12.8	2	0.09
Lagria villosa	Podador	0.20	5.1	1	0.05
--	Cigarrinha^a	--	2.6	1	0.02