scholarly journals Immature stages of Spodoptera albula (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): Developmental parameters and host plants

2013 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 271-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
DÉBORA G. MONTEZANO ◽  
ALEXANDRE SPECHT ◽  
TARCISO M. BORTOLIN ◽  
EDEGAR FRONZA ◽  
DANIEL R. SOSA-GÓMEZ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Larval Stage ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Artificial Diet ◽  
Average Duration ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Biological Cycle ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
Rearing Methods ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
Larval Host Plants

This study aimed to detail the temporal and morphological parameters of the immature stages of Spodoptera albula (Walker 1857) under controlled conditions (25 ± 1°C, 70 ± 10% RH and 14 hour photophase) and to gather information about their larval host plants. For this purpose, a new rearing method and artificial diet was employed and validated. The viability of the egg, larval, pupal and pre-pupal stages was 94.54, 97.33, 93.84 and 92.34%, respectively. The average duration of the egg, larval, pupal and pre-pupal stages was 4.14, 16.37, 1.69, and 9.34 days, respectively. During the larval stage, 80.85% of females and 93.99% of males passed through six and remaining through seven instars, with significant larval protandry. The larvae that developed through six and seven instars exhibited a mean growth rate of 1.58 and 1.48, respectively. Fifty five host plant species belonging to 29 families are listed. The female pupae were significantly larger, exhibiting protogyny. Both the rearing methods as well as the larval diet proved adequate, providing more detailled observations of the biological cycle, especially the larval stage, and resulting in an overall survival of almost 80%.

scholarly journals Biological aspects of Tiracola grandirena (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): a polyphagous armyworm

2014 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-211
Author(s):  
A Specht ◽  
J Iltchenco ◽  
E Fronza ◽  
VF Roque-Specht ◽  
PC Luz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Larval Stage ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Artificial Diet ◽  
Average Duration ◽  
Food Plants ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Third ◽  
Species Population ◽  
Biological Aspects ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

We studied the biology of Tiracola grandirena(Herrich-Schäffer, 1868) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hadeninae) at 25 ± 1 °C, 70 ± 10% RH and 14 hours of photo phase. Three experiments, using 150 larvae each, were conducted for the larval stage. In the first, used to assess the duration and survival of all stages, insects were reared individually and fed an artificial diet (Grenee). In the second, individuals were also reared separately, but were fed leaves of 10 plants from different families. In the third, the larvae were not individualised, the food plants were rotated such as to provide three plant species every 48 hours. In the first experiment, the viability of the eggs, larvae, pupae and prepupae was 91.9, 94.7, 32.49 and 43.5%, respectively. The average duration of the egg, larvae, prepupae, pupae and adult were 6.0, 25.3, 25.7, 21.4 and 12.7 days, respectively. The prolonged prepupal period indicates that T. grandirena can develop larval (prepupal) diapause. The results of the experiments with different host plants showed that T. grandirena is polyphagous at species, population and individual level.

scholarly journals A review of the Schinia tertia (Grote) species complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 473 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL G. POGUE ◽  
CHARLES E. HARP
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
Larval Host Plants

Four closely related species of Schinia are diagnosed using characters of maculation, genitalia, larval host plants, and distribution. The revised status of both Schinia albafascia Smith and Schinia brunnea Barnes and McDunnough are based on differences in wing maculation and male and female genitalic structures. The revised synonymy of Schinia megarena Smith with Schinia tertia (Grote) is discussed. Male and female genitalia are described and illustrated for the first time for all species.

scholarly journals The fern-feeding genus Cuprina Sinev, 1988 (Lepidoptera, Stathmopodidae), new for Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 915 ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
Zong-Yu Shen ◽  
Yu-Feng Hsu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Larval Host Plants

Two new species of Stathmopodidae are described from Taiwan: Cuprina atayalica Shen & Hsu, sp. nov., reared from larvae on Microsorum brachylepis, and C. insolita Hsu & Shen, sp. nov., reared from larvae on Tectaria subtriphylla and T. harlandii. Diagnostic characters for both species are provided. Larval host plants and the biology of the immature stages of both new species are documented.

scholarly journals MORPHOLOGY AND MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF THE LARVAL STAGE OF TWO SPECIES FROM THE GENUS CHRYSOBOTHRIS ESCHSCHOLTZ, 1829 (COLEOPTERA, BUPRESTIDAE)

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 557-570
Author(s):  
Pshtiwan A. Jalil ◽  
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Wand K. Ali ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Larval Stage ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Molecular Techniques ◽  
Kurdistan Region ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
Diagnostic Characteristics ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Larval Host Plants

The genus of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829 is one of the most diverse and widespread genera of the family Buprestidae of some 700 described species distributed throughout the world. In Iraq, particularly in the Kurdistan region, about 4 species had been recorded so far, many of these species are sympatric, share larval host plants, and are difficult to reliably separate morphologically. The current study investigates species limits and relationships among the recognized species occurring within the Erbil Province; mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase (COX I) molecular analysis confirmed the monophyly of two Chrysobothris species, Ch. affinis (Fabricius, 1794) and Ch. chrysostigma (Linnaeus, 1758). Implications of the resultant larval morphology and molecular techniques are discussed. Diagnostic characteristics that are depended to identifying the species within Chrysobothris in larval stage were illustrated and then compared with the molecular data.

scholarly journals Thraumata, a new genus from South America with description of a new species from Peru (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 867 ◽  
pp. 139-160
Author(s):  
Paul Z. Goldstein ◽  
Alberto Zilli
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
New Genus ◽  
South American ◽  
South American Species ◽  
Larval Biology ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
Potential Association ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Larval Host Plants

Thraumatagen. nov. is described to accommodate three South American species, two previously placed in Phuphena Walker, 1858, namely Thraumatapetrovna (Schaus, 1904), comb. nov. and Thraumatasubvenata (Schaus, 1914), comb. nov.; and one, Thraumataperuviensiasp. nov., newly described from Peru. Although the larval biology is unknown, these species share several features that suggest their placement in Eriopinae and, as a consequence, a potential association with ferns (Pteridophyta) as larval host plants.

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