Growth and Retrogression in Larvae of Trogoderma glabrum (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). 2. Factors Influencing Pupation1
- 15 July 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 64 (4) , 946-949
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/64.4.946
Abstract
Pupation of female Trogoderma glabrum (Herbst) is inhibited by small rearing containers and stimulated by relatively high population density. In the absence of a granular substrate and males of the species, mature females fail to pupate, and they undergo additional larval molts. Pupation is weakly stimulated by long-day photo-periods. Female larvae that have undergone several retromolts regain weight and maturity rapidly when incubated in nutrient medium. Regrown larvae fail to pupate at optimal rate unless exposed to both long-day photoperiods and males of the species.Keywords
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