Biological and morphometric aspects and rearing of Syssphinx molina (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), a defoliator of parica tree

Acta Amazonica

Telma Fátima Vieira Batista²  Alexandre Mehl Lunz¹  Valéria Do Socorro Vale Do Rosário²  Leandro José Uchoa Lemos²  Rodolfo Silva Provenzano²  Ernando Da Silva Monteiro² 

[1] ,Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia Inst. de Ciências Agrárias Belém PA

关键词: Bionomy;    life cycle;    Neotropical;    Schizolobium parahyba var. amazonicum;    Bionomia;    ciclo de vida;    Neotropical;    Schizolobium parahyba var. amazonicum;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0044-59672013000200009

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this research was to describe the biological and morphometric aspects of the parica tree defoliator, Syssphinx molina (Cramer), and make recommendations about the insect rearing. The life cycle was 62.9 days with mean periods for the egg, larval, pre-pupal and pupal stages of 5.6, 31.1, 2.2 and 16.6 days respectively. The pupal viability was 60.5% for females and 48.6% for males. The sexual ratio was 0.5 with mean production of 182.3 ± 2.2 eggs per female and egg viability of 24.3%. The mean longevity was 7.9 ± 2 and 8.1 ± 3 days for females and males respectively. Other parameters were also observed and compared with description of other Saturniidae species.

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