TY - JOUR
T1 - Wiseana copularis larvae (hepialidae: Lepidoptera)
T2 - Laboratory rearing procedures and effect of temperature on survival
AU - Allan, Rachel A.
AU - Wang, Qiao
AU - Jiménez-Pérez, Alfredo
AU - Davis, Lorraine K.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank M. H. Behboudian of Massey University, C. F. Mercer of AgResearch Grasslands, A. Carpenter of Crop and Food Research, and P. McGregor of Landcare Research for commenting on the early manuscript; J. and L. Capperly for allowing us to collect porina larvae from their farm; C. Ferguson and A. Popay of AgResearch Grasslands for the recipe for feeding porina; C. Ferguson for identification of adults; P. Peterson of Landcare Research for advice; C. Allan and R. Dassanayake for their help with field work; two anonymous referees for their significant improvement of the manuscript; Massey University for providing financial support; and CONACYT, BdeM, and IPN for providing a scholarship to A. Jiménez-Pérez.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Wiseana larvae are a serious pest of pasture in New Zealand but can be difficult to rear in the laboratory for research purposes. A method is described whereby field-collected larvae were successfully raised to adults. Larvae were reared individually at 5, 10, 15, and 20°C in petri dishes containing moistened bark and were fed with a semi-synthetic diet based on white clover and carrot. Survival to both pupation and adulthood was greatest at 15°C, at which about 46% of field-collected larvae pupated and 39% developed to adults.
AB - Wiseana larvae are a serious pest of pasture in New Zealand but can be difficult to rear in the laboratory for research purposes. A method is described whereby field-collected larvae were successfully raised to adults. Larvae were reared individually at 5, 10, 15, and 20°C in petri dishes containing moistened bark and were fed with a semi-synthetic diet based on white clover and carrot. Survival to both pupation and adulthood was greatest at 15°C, at which about 46% of field-collected larvae pupated and 39% developed to adults.
KW - Artificial diet
KW - Hepialidae
KW - Rearing
KW - Wiseana copularis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036100367&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00288233.2002.9513495
DO - 10.1080/00288233.2002.9513495
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0028-8233
VL - 45
SP - 71
EP - 75
JO - New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
JF - New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
IS - 1
ER -