An artificial diet for larvae of the potato tuber moth
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 4 (4) , 449-451
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1977.9517969
Abstract
Potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea ( = Gnorimoschema) operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), was reared from egg to adult for 3 generations on an artificial diet. At 30±2°c with a 16‐h photoperiod the total life cycle was completed in 23 days, compared with 18.5 days on potato tubers. Average life cycle data from the 3 generations reared on diet (with corresponding data from tubers in parentheses) are: larval period, 13.0(11.8) days; pupal period, 5–6(4–5) days; survival to adult, 76.1(100)%; fecundity, 102(169) eggs/?; pupal wt‐ ? 8.3(11.4) mg, ? 7.7(9.1) mg.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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