Improved Rearing System for Pickleworm and Melonworm (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
- 1 August 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 77 (4) , 1070-1072
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/77.4.1070
Abstract
A new system for rearing pickleworm, Diaphania nitidalis (Stoll), and melonworm, D. hyalinata (L.), reduces manual labor ca. 85%. Larval diet is poured in large crispers and eggs laid on fiberglass insulation are placed onto the diet surface. Larvae pupate in crumpled paper towels which are removed to holding containers for adult emergence. For rearing pickleworm, a plastic lighting louvre is placed in rearing containers for efficient utilization of diet.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Pickleworm: Oviposition on an Artificial Surface Treated with Cucurbit Extract12Journal of Economic Entomology, 1981