scholarly journals Rearing a Native Cactus Moth,Melitara prodenialis(Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), on Artificial Diet andOpuntiaCladodes: Preliminary Comparisons

2014 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 1232-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oulimathe Paraiso ◽  
Trevor Randall Smith ◽  
Stephen D. Hight ◽  
Bobbie Jo Davis
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Diet ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Cactus Moth

Rearing Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on Artificial Diet and Opuntia Cladodes

2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orville G. Marti ◽  
Ronald E. Myers ◽  
James E. Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Diet ◽  
Mass Rearing ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Florida Current ◽  
Cactoblastis Cactorum ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
And Control ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Control And Eradication ◽  
Cactus Moth

The cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum Berg, is an invasive species that threatens economically and ecologically important native cacti in Mexico and the U.S. Southwest. The insect presently occurs along the coastal U.S. from Charleston, SC, to Dauphin Island, south of Mobile, AL, and in the interior of Florida. Current control and eradication tactics include manual destruction of infested cactus and the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), which involves the release of irradiated cactus moths to mate with wild moths and produce sterile offspring. The ability to rear the cactus moths in the laboratory has been crucial in research and development of survey and control techniques. Procedures for rearing the cactus moth in the laboratory on cactus cladodes and artificial diet are described and provide a foundation for the further development of mass-rearing protocols.

scholarly journals Artificial Diet for the Large Cabbage-Heart Caterpillar, Crocidolomia binotalis (ZELL.) (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae)

1987 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaaki KURIHARA ◽  
Sadahiro TATSUKI ◽  
Singgih SUTRISNO ◽  
Jun-ichi FUKAMI
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Diet ◽  
Crocidolomia Binotalis ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae

scholarly journals EFFECT OF LARVAE NUTRITION WITH ANTIBIOTICS ON THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF WAX MOTH GALLERIA MELLONELLA (L.) IN A SERIES OF GENERATIONS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.N. Klementeva ◽  
◽  
A.S. Artemchenko ◽  
M.V. Tyurin ◽  
E.S. Kosman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Artificial Diet ◽  
Galleria Mellonella ◽  
Physiological Parameters ◽  
Enzymatic Antioxidants ◽  
Broad Spectrum Antibiotic ◽  
Antibiotic Selection ◽  
Enzymes Activity ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Wax Moth

The wax moth (Galleria mellonella; Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) lines have been obtained as a result of the artificial diet with broad-spectrum antibiotic selection. An influence of that diet on the insect’s physiological parameters was examined through several generations. A significant increase in the activity of a number of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants because of artificial diet with antibiotic has been observed in the midgut of the wax moth daughter generations. Observed changes in the midgut enzymes activity and increase of antioxidants level are denote a damage in the gut tissues.

scholarly journals Ecological Niche Modeling to Calculate Ideal Sites to Introduce a Natural Enemy: The Case of Apanteles opuntiarum (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to Control Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in North America

Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 454
Author(s):  
Nidia Bélgica Pérez-De la O ◽  
Saúl Espinosa-Zaragoza ◽  
Víctor López-Martínez ◽  
Stephen D. Hight ◽  
Laura Varone
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Natural Enemy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Actual Distribution ◽  
Cactoblastis Cactorum ◽  
Environmental Suitability ◽  
Bioclimatic Variables ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Cactus Moth

The cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is an invasive species in North America where it threatens Opuntia native populations. The insect is expanding its distribution along the United States Gulf Coast. In the search for alternative strategies to reduce its impact, the introduction of a natural enemy, Apanteles opuntiarum Martínez and Berta (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), is being pursued as a biological control option. To identify promising areas to intentionally introduce A. opuntiarum for the control of C. cactorum, we estimated the overlap of fundamental ecological niches of the two species to predict their common geographic distributions using the BAM diagram. Models were based on native distributional data for both species, 19 bioclimatic variables, and the Maxent algorithm to calculate the environmental suitability of both species in North America. The environmental suitability of C. cactorum in North America was projected from Florida to Texas (United States) along the Gulf coastal areas, reaching Mexico in northern regions. Apanteles opuntiarum environmental suitability showed a substantial similarity with the calculations for C. cactorum in the United States. Intentional introductions of A. opuntiarum in the actual distribution areas of the cactus moth are predicted to be successful; A. opuntiarum will find its host in an environment conducive to its survival and dispersal.

scholarly journals The development of an improved artificial diet for the mass rearing of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 100 (13) ◽  
pp. 4678-4687
Author(s):  
Michael J Woods ◽  
Desmond E Conlong ◽  
Nomalizo Ngomane ◽  
Denise Y Gillespie ◽  
Louwrens C Hoffman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Diet ◽  
Mass Rearing ◽  
Eldana Saccharina ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae

Rearing of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on artificial diet and its use in resistance screening

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 190-195
Author(s):  
Balaji M. Panchal ◽  
Manvendra S. Kachole
Keyword(s):  
Chilo Partellus ◽  
Ipomoea Batatas ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Artificial Diet ◽  
Mangifera Indica ◽  
Larval Mortality ◽  
Larval Growth ◽  
Artificial Diets ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Acacia Leucophloea

Chilo partellus is considered to be among the most damaging pests of sorghum crop throughout the world. Insects are reared in the laboratory on artificial diets for various purposes, namely for biological control, host and non‐host plant resistance and development of new artificial diets. The growth and development of Sorghum bicolor, C. partellus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on six host plants and non host plants (five plant gum extracts and six tuber extracts PIs) was compared in the laboratory. Insect larval growth was significantly faster on 30% casein with 70% Zea mays in artificial diet. There was a significant variation in  larval mortality, malformed pupae andpupal weights. 80% larval mortality was observed in Acacia leucophloea PIs containing diet, and 70 and 60% larval mortality in Ipomoea batatas and Mangifera indica PI‐containing diet fed, respectively.

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