Effect of Aging on the Mating Competitiveness of Irradiated Male Greater Wax Moths (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 77 (6) , 1534-1536
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/77.6.1534
Abstract
Young adult Galleria mellonella (L.) males were exposed to either 0 or 20 rad of ionizing irradiation. Treated males competed with normal males for virgin females at 1, 8, and 15 days of age. Mating competitiveness decreased as irradiated males aged. A vigor-loss hypothesis is proposed. Additionally, an improved technique for obtaining substantial numbers of virgin adults is described.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Population Response of Twelve Species of Insects following Exposure to Ionizing Radiation1,2Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1971