The development of an improved artificial diet for the mass rearing of
            Eldana saccharina
            Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

The cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum Berg, is an invasive species that threatens economically and ecologically important native cacti in Mexico and the U.S. Southwest. The insect presently occurs along the coastal U.S. from Charleston, SC, to Dauphin Island, south of Mobile, AL, and in the interior of Florida. Current control and eradication tactics include manual destruction of infested cactus and the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), which involves the release of irradiated cactus moths to mate with wild moths and produce sterile offspring. The ability to rear the cactus moths in the laboratory has been crucial in research and development of survey and control techniques. Procedures for rearing the cactus moth in the laboratory on cactus cladodes and artificial diet are described and provide a foundation for the further development of mass-rearing protocols.

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Mass Rearing of the Rice Leaffolder, Cnaphalocrosis medinalis (Guenee) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), on an Artificial Diet.

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology ◽

10.1303/jjaez.2005.215 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 49 (4) ◽

pp. 215-221 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Katsuo Tsuda ◽

Hiroyuki Ohmura ◽

Yositaka Sakamaki ◽

Hidemi Kamiwada ◽

Kanetosi Kusigemati

Keyword(s):

Artificial Diet ◽

Mass Rearing ◽

Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽

Rice Leaffolder

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An improved alternative artificial diet for mass rearing of the maize stalk borer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science ◽

10.1017/s1742758400007190 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 8 (02) ◽

pp. 181-185 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ramashrit Singh ◽

Prakash Sarup

Keyword(s):

Chilo Partellus ◽

Artificial Diet ◽

Mass Rearing ◽

Stalk Borer

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Reproductive performance and transcriptome analyses of Tetranychus urticae when feeding on bean leaves and an artificial diet

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.24.7.11 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (7) ◽

pp. 1272-1283

Author(s):

Yongjuan He ◽

Jiale Lv ◽

Endong Wang ◽

Xuenong Xu

Keyword(s):

Tetranychus Urticae ◽

Artificial Diet ◽

Mass Rearing ◽

Differentially Expressed ◽

Detoxification Enzymes ◽

Adult Longevity ◽

Natural Food ◽

Leaf Extracts ◽

Transcriptome Analyses ◽

Bean Leaves

As an important pest, Tetranychus urticae fed on thousands of host plants and showed strong capability in host adaptation. However, hardly any success artificial diet has been developed for it. In this study, we compared adult longevity and reproduction of T. urticae that fed on its natural food (bean leaves) and an artificial diet with leaf extracts added, and tried to investigate the reason why the artificial diet was inefficient through transcriptome analyses. Mean adult longevity and cumulative fecundities of T. urticae was reduced by 53.4% and 93.8%, respectively. Transcriptome analyses showed that 1731 genes were differentially expressed comparing individuals fed with the artificial diet and with their natural food, among which most (77.1%) were down regulated. No significant induced expression of xenobiotic transporters and detoxification enzymes were observed when T. urticae were fed with the artificial diet. In contrast, differentially expressed genes were mainly enriched in digestive related terms, especially in lipid metabolism related pathways, with most genes down regulated. Our results indicated the significance in further investigating lipid demand and metabolism of T. urticae to improve its mass rearing techniques.

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A SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR MASS-REARING THE ONION MAGGOT (DIPTERA: ANTHOMYIIDAE) ON AN ARTIFICIAL DIET

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent1021554-12 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 102 (12) ◽

pp. 1554-1558 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

W. R. Allen ◽

W. L. Askew

Keyword(s):

Artificial Diet ◽

Simple Technique ◽

Adult Emergence ◽

Mass Rearing ◽

Cellulose Powder ◽

Egg Hatch ◽

Wheat Embryo ◽

Onion Maggot ◽

Hylemya Antiqua ◽

Yeast Hydrolysate

AbstractA gelatine-based diet for rearing the onion maggot, Hylemya antiqua (Meigen), that contains sucrose, evaporated milk, yeast hydrolysate, wheat embryo, cellulose powder, n-propyl disulfide, water, and antibiotics is described. Three consecutive generations reared on this medium were equal in puparial weights, percentages of pupation, adult emergence, and egg hatch, to those reared on onion bulbs. The procedure is simple and two man-hours per week is sufficient for producing 1000 maggots daily.

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