Effect of Starvation on Molting and Growth in Aedes aegypti and A. vexans12
- 16 December 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 61 (6) , 1570-1572
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/61.6.1570
Abstract
Starvation deferred larval development and caused a reduction in size and weight of larvae of the yellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.), and A. vexans (Meigen). Larvae of both species, starved throughout instar IV, did not pupate. Even when larvae were given food for 8 hours out of the normal 48–50 hours spent in instar IV at 26°C, they were unable to pupate. Starved instar III larvae of A. aegypti were able to molt to instar IV, those of A. vexans were not.Keywords
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