Effect of modified meridic diet on the development and growth of tomato fruitworm Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 88-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waqas WAKIL ◽  
M. Usman GHAZANFAR ◽  
Shahbaz Talib SAHI ◽  
Yong Jung KWON ◽  
M. Abdul QAYYUM
Keyword(s):  
Helicoverpa Armigera ◽  
Helicoverpa Armígera ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
Tomato Fruitworm ◽  
Meridic Diet

Incidence of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and its natural enemies on smallholder crops in Kenya

1993 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. van den Berg ◽  
M. J. W. Cock ◽  
G. I. Oduor ◽  
E. K. Onsongo
Keyword(s):  
Helicoverpa Armigera ◽  
Heliothis Armigera ◽  
Population Densities ◽  
Parasitoid Species ◽  
Larval Parasitoid ◽  
Total Percentage ◽  
Four Seasons ◽  
Helicoverpa Armígera ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
Experimental Plots

AbstractSmallholder crops (sunflower, maize, sorghum and cotton) were grown in experimental plots at seven sites, representing different agricultural zones of Kenya, over four seasons. Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (formerly Heliothis armigera) only occasionally achieved population densities sufficient to cause obvious damage to the crops, and was virtually absent from the coastal sites. At the inland sites, infestation and mortality levels varied greatly. Information is presented on the incidence of H. armigera, and the identity, distribution and frequency of its common parasitoids and (potential) predators, sampled in the experimental plots. Trichogrammatoidea spp., egg parasitoids, and Linnaemya longirostris (Macquart), a tachinid late-larval parasitoid, were the most common parasitoid species, but total percentage parasitism was rather low. Of the large complex of predators, only anthocorids and ants (predominantly Pheidole spp., Myrmicaria spp. and Camponotus spp.) were sufficiently common and widespread to be of importance in suppressing H. armigera. The abundance of predators fluctuated widely between sites, but anthocorids were most abundant at the western sites.

Nocturnal observations on the emergence and flight behaviour of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the post-rainy season in central India

1992 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.R. Riley ◽  
N.J. Armes ◽  
D.R. Reynolds ◽  
A.D. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Helicoverpa Armigera ◽  
Central India ◽  
Pigeon Pea ◽  
Mate Finding ◽  
Flight Behaviour ◽  
Infra Red ◽  
Helicoverpa Armígera ◽  
Migratory Strategies ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
Oviposition Sites

AbstractA range of techniques was used to quantify the nocturnal flight behaviour of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) in pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) crops near Hyderabad, in central India. These included visual observations in the field, the use of field cages and a vehicle-mounted net, optical and video imaging in the infra-red, and radar. Moth emergence from the soil was observed to start at dusk and recruitment continued steadily throughout the first half of the night. Little activity was observed in moths on the night of emergence, except for weak flying or crawling to daytime refuges. Flight activity of one-day old moths started about 20 min after sunset, peaked 15 min later and within about an hour of sunset had declined to a low level which persisted for the rest of the night. Flight of reproductively mature moths was most frequent about 1 h after sunset and at this time mainly comprised females searching for oviposition sites and nectar sources. By about 2 h after sunset, flight had decreased markedly, but there was a slight increase in activity in the second half of the night caused by males undertaking mate-finding flights. Under the conditions studied, the majority of H. armigera dispersed below 10 m, and there were no mass ascents to higher altitudes like those observed at outbreak sites of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). The contrasting migratory strategies of H. armigera and S. exempta are briefly discussed.

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