HORMONAL INDUCTION OF SUPERNUMERARY INSTARS IN THE SPRUCE BUDWORM, CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)
- 1 March 1973
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 105 (3) , 459-461
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent105459-3
Abstract
Induction of supernumerary larval instars in the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana Clemens, by applying ZR-515, a potent juvenile hormone analogue, is explained in terms of larval differentiation. Application to the early sixth instar where structures are relatively indeterminate results in the formation of a supernumerary larval instar, whereas treatment of the late-larva wherein many structures are committed to differentiate towards the pupa, results in a larval–pupal mosaic.Keywords
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