Fecundity and Longevity of the Adult Female Pink Bollworm Reared on Natural and Synthetic Diets1

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Oviposition and longevity records were taken of adult female pink bollworms, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), reared from cotton squares, green bolls, 1% and 5% cottonseed meal diets and a wheat germ diet. The insects were paired and maintained in individual cages at 80° F. Average egg production per female from the various larval rations was: square-reared moths, 98.1 eggs; boll-reared, 204.3; 1% meal, 336.7; 5% meal, 302.1; and wheat germ, 312.2. The average duration of the adult life span for females reared from the various diets ranged from 15.4 to 17.2 days. Highly significant correlations were found between body weight and egg production and longevity and egg production. Generally, the heaviest females and those that lived the longest periods produced the greatest number of eggs. There was no correlation between body weight and longevity.

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