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Notes: The relationship between insect pests and the process of pasture degradation is discussed. The main insect pests of pastures in Brazil are described. These include: Cercopidae, Scaptocoris spp., Spodoptera frugiperda, Mocis latipes, Blissus leucopterus, Formicidae, the pseudococcid Antonina graminis, Rhammatocerus schistocercoides and scarabaeid larvae (mainly Diloboderus abderrus). Notes on characteristics, biology, damage and control are given for each taxon.