Life Tables of the Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella(L.)(Lepidoptera:Yponomeutidae)and Effects of Rainfall, Temperature and Host Plants on Survival and Reproduction.

1991 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigekazu WAKISAKA ◽  
Ritsuko TSUKUDA ◽  
Fusao NAKASUJI
Keyword(s):  
Plutella Xylostella ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Diamondback Moth ◽  
Life Tables ◽  
Survival And Reproduction

Oviposition of diamondback moth in the presence and absence of a novel host plant

2010 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Henniges-Janssen ◽  
G. Schöfl ◽  
A. Reineke ◽  
D.G. Heckel ◽  
A.T. Groot
Keyword(s):  
Host Range ◽  
Larval Development ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Plutella Xylostella ◽  
Range Expansion ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Diamondback Moth ◽  
Host Range Expansion ◽  
Cabbage Plant ◽  
Novel Host

AbstractThe diamondback moth (DBM, Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)) consumes a wide variety of brassicaceous host plants and is a common pest of crucifer crops worldwide. A highly unusual infestation of a sugar pea crop was recorded in Kenya in 1999, which persisted for two consecutive years. A strain (DBM-P) from this population was established in the laboratory and is the only one of several strains tested that can complete larval development on sugar peas. The oviposition acceptance and preference of the DBM-P strain was assessed in the presence of cabbage plants, sugar pea plants or both, in comparison to another strain (DBM-Cj) that was collected from cabbage and is unable to grow on pea plants. As expected, DBM-Cj females preferred to oviposit on cabbage plants. Surprisingly, DBM-P females also laid most eggs on cabbage and very few on peas. However, they laid significantly more eggs on the cabbage plant when pea plants were present. Our findings suggest that DBM-P manifested the initial stages of an evolutionary host range expansion, which is incomplete due to lack of oviposition fidelity on pea plants.

Life tables for the diamondback moth ( Plutella xylostella ) in southeast Brazil indicate ants and spiders as leading mortality factors

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizeu S. Farias ◽  
Renata C. Santos ◽  
Daiane G. Carmo ◽  
João R. S. Soares ◽  
Thiago L. Costa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plutella Xylostella ◽  
Diamondback Moth ◽  
Life Tables ◽  
Mortality Factors ◽  
Southeast Brazil

Performance of the specialist herbivore Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) on Brassicaceae and non-Brassicaceae species

2010 ◽  
Vol 142 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.M. Sarfraz ◽  
L.M. Dosdall ◽  
B.A. Keddie
Keyword(s):  
Plutella Xylostella ◽  
Diamondback Moth ◽  
Food Plants ◽  
Specialist Herbivore ◽  
Pupal Development ◽  
Brassicaceae Species ◽  
Survival And Reproduction ◽  
Tropaeolum Majus ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Spider Plant

AbstractThe diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), is considered oligophagous on Brassicaceae. We determined the preferences and performance of P. xylostella on canola, Brassica napus L., and flixweed, Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl (Brassicaceae), spider-plant, Cleome hassleriana Chod. (Capparaceae), and garden nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus L. (Tropaeolaceae). Females deposited most eggs on B. napus; T. majus was least preferred. The rate of survival from neonate to pupa was highest on B. napus followed by C. hassleriana, T. majus, and D. sophia. The rate of development of female larvae on Brassicaceae was similar to that on non-Brassicaceae; pupal development was slowest on non-hosts. Female pupae were heaviest on B. napus and lightest on D. sophia. Adult females were heaviest when reared on B. napus and lightest on T. majus and D. sophia. Females reared on D. sophia had the smallest forewings; forewing areas for females on other plants were similar. Females reared on B. napus and C. hassleriana lived longer without food than those reared on D. sophia or T. majus. Males reared on T. majus lived for the shortest time without food. This specialist herbivore can exploit a range of food plants, including suboptimal Brassicaceae and species from other families. This trait appears to facilitate survival and reproduction of P. xylostella when preferred food plants are limiting or absent.

Climate and host plants mediating seasonal dynamics and within-plant distribution of the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella)

2020 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 105172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizeu S. Farias ◽  
Abraão A. Santos ◽  
Arthur V. Ribeiro ◽  
Daiane G. Carmo ◽  
Jhersyka S. Paes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plutella Xylostella ◽  
Seasonal Dynamics ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Diamondback Moth ◽  
Plant Distribution
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