Amino Acid Composition in Hydrolysates of the Red-Banded Leaf Roller, Argyrotaenia velutinana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) during Development
- 1 March 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 59 (2) , 273-277
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/59.2.273
Abstract
Seventeen amino acids were determined in hydrolysates of the red-banded leaf roller, Argyrotaenia velutinana (Walker), and their occurrence was independent of the developmental stage. Analysis of the whole insect at various developmental stages revealed variations in the pattern, indicating a shift of amino acid requirements during growth and development. Changes in the amino acid pattern occurred within a single larval instar, as well as between the different growth stages. Sections of the insect when analyzed separately, such as whole egg chorion or cast pupal cuticle, showed amino acid patterns different from those obtained from hydrolysates of the whole insect.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: