Use of a Factitious Host and Supplemented Adult Diet To Rear and Induce Oogenesis in Catolaccus grandis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

1998 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 499-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. G. Rojas ◽  
J. A. Morales-Ramos ◽  
E. G. King ◽  
G. Saldaña ◽  
S. M. Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Factitious Host ◽  
Catolaccus Grandis ◽  
Adult Diet

scholarly journals Influence of adult diet on biological parameters of the housefly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haffizou Ganda ◽  
Hermann A. Abihona ◽  
Elisabeth T. Zannou-Boukari ◽  
Marc Kenis ◽  
Christophe A. A. M. Chrysostome ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Musca Domestica ◽  
Biological Parameters ◽  
Adult Diet

Penetration and encapsulation of the larval endoparasitoid Exorista larvarum (Diptera: Tachinidae) in the factitious host Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Valigurová ◽  
V. Michalková ◽  
P. Koník ◽  
M.L. Dindo ◽  
M. Gelnar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Galleria Mellonella ◽  
Larval Instar ◽  
Posterior Part ◽  
Immunological Response ◽  
Dark Spot ◽  
Foreign Objects ◽  
Factitious Host ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Cellular Defence ◽  
Host Tissues

AbstractThe tachinid fly Exorista larvarum (L.) (Diptera: Tachinidae) is a polyphagous larval endoparasitoid that deposits its eggs on the host exoskeleton of lepidopteran and tenthredinid larvae. The attachment of larval E. larvarum and the formation of the respiratory funnel were studied during infestation in the last larval instar of the wax moth, Galleria mellonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The tachinid larvae burrow through the host integument after hatching, using their robust cephalopharyngeal skeleton, leaving a dark spot at the point of their penetration as a result of host cuticle melanization. Endoparasitoid penetration induces the host cellular defence, resulting in the formation of a haemocyte capsule consisting of multi-cellular sheaths. This enveloping capsule later undergoes melanization, which is mostly obvious towards the posterior part of the endoparasitoid. The endoparasitoid uses the host encapsulation response to build a respiratory funnel from the modified host integument, leading to the host surface. The encapsulated larva remains attached to the respiratory funnel via an anal hook and cuticular spines until fully developed. Additional immunohistochemical analyses were used to study host–parasitoid interactions. Indirect immunofluorescence showed no labelling of potential tachinid antigens and confirmed no effect on the surrounding host tissues. A simulated parasitization with coated polybead microspheres revealed the mortal impact of tachinid antigens to the host. Hosts injected with antigen-coated polybeads died as a consequence of an acute and extensive immunological response to the tachinid antigens and not due to the trauma caused by foreign objects inside their body.

Plant-based diets: A review of the definitions and nutritional role in the adult diet.

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Gráinne Kent ◽  
Laura Kehoe ◽  
Albert Flynn ◽  
Janette Walton
Keyword(s):  
Adult Diet

The effect of adult diet on the biology of butterflies

Oecologia ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Hill ◽  
N. E. Pierce
Keyword(s):  
Adult Diet

New species of Trichogramma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) associated with lepidopterous eggs in Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 163 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. B. QUERINO ◽  
R. A. ZUCCHI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Anagasta Kuehniella ◽  
Factitious Host ◽  
A Minor

Four new species of Trichogramma are described: Trichogramma bertii n. sp. from Glena sp., a geometrid of silvicultural importance; Trichogramma esalqueanum n. sp. from Mechanitis lysimnia eggs, a minor pest of tomato and Heliconius erato phyllis; Trichogramma iracildae n. sp. from eggs of Calpodes ethlius; and Trichogramma pratissolii n. sp. collected from Anagasta kuehniella trap eggs (factitious host).

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