scholarly journals Immature Stages of Spodoptera eridania (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): Developmental Parameters and Host Plants

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Débora Goulart Montezano ◽  
Alexandre Specht ◽  
Daniel Ricardo Sosa–Gómez ◽  
Vânia Ferreira Roque–Specht ◽  
Neiva Monteiro de Barros
2013 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 271-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
DÉBORA G. MONTEZANO ◽  
ALEXANDRE SPECHT ◽  
TARCISO M. BORTOLIN ◽  
EDEGAR FRONZA ◽  
DANIEL R. SOSA-GÓMEZ ◽  
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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%.


2003 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1337-1342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Argyro A. Fantinou ◽  
Dionyssios Ch. Perdikis ◽  
Costas S. Chatzoglou

2005 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 903-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen B. dos Santos ◽  
Ana M. Meneguim ◽  
Pedro M.O.J. Neves

1977 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Deeming
Keyword(s):  

AbstractThe larvae and pupae of Elachiptereicus abessynicus Becker and of Pachylophus lugens Lw. are described and illustrated and those of the latter species are compared with those of Pachylophus beckeri Curr. A previous misidentification of P. beckeri is recorded and additional records of host plants and distribution are given for all three species.


Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4420 (2) ◽  
pp. 243
Author(s):  
REZA HOSSEINI ◽  
KHADIJEH MADAHI

Many species of cutworms (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) are important agricultural pest. They feed on roots and foliage of their host plants. Traditionally these species are identified based on morphological characteristics of adults. Hence identification of specimens in poor condition, immature stages and also closely related species or cryptic species is a difficult task. The basics of biological and ecological studies largely rely on an accurate species identification; consequently these investigations are impacted by potential misidentifications. In this study, we amplified 5' region of mitochondrial c cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene (DNA barcode region) of various common true cutworm species including Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766), Agrotis exclamationis (Linnaeus, 1758), Peridroma saucia (Hübner, 1808) and Xestia c-nigrum (Linnaeus, 1758) from agricultural fields of Guilan province (North of Iran). We were able to detect 66 conservative Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) among the targeted pest species and eventually design specific primers and develop a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay as a molecular diagnostic tool for immature stages of two the most common and abundant species including A. ipsilon and X. c-nigrum in Guilan province. 


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