Reproductive and Metabolic Differences Between Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

1 May 1992

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology

Vol. 29 (3) , 467-471
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/29.3.467

Abstract

Aedes albopictus (Skuse) females were more likely to develop eggs after they ingested small blood meals than were Aedes aegypti (L.) when both species were maintained under the same suboptimal adult nutritional regimen. The longevity of adult female Ae. albopictus under conditions of starvation was also significantly greater than that of Ae. aegypti. Analyses of total body proteins, lipids, and glycogen indicated that the increased reproductive efficiency of Ae. albopictus may be a result of its greater reserves accumulated during a longer larval period.

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