The consistency of the fatty acid pattern of Galleria mellonella, reared on fatty acid supplemented diets

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Abstract
Dietary supplements of stearic, palmitoleic, and linoleic acids, as representative of saturated, mono-unsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids, respectively, did not appreciably affect the relative composition of fatty acids in waxmoth larvae. Frass analysis demonstrated that most of the fatty acids in excess of their relative composition in the insect are excreted and speculations are made as to the possible mechanism involved in the retention of the characteristic fatty acid pattern.
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