Effect of a juvenile hormone analogue on the life span, egg laying, and ecdysteroid titer of virginEphestia cautellafemales
作者:
Eli Shaaya,
Moshe Calderon,
Vladimir Pisarev,
Klaus‐Dieter Spindler,
期刊:
Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology
(WILEY Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 17,
issue 2‐3
页码: 183-188
ISSN:0739-4462
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1002/arch.940170211
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: ecdysteroids;adult development;tropical warehouse moth
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractMated females of the tropical warehouse moth,Ephestia cautella, start laying eggs shortly after adult emergence. All eggs are laid within 4 days and the adult's total life span is 5 to 6 days. If mating is prevented, egg laying is drastically delayed and the life span is extended to approximately 10 to 11 days. Virgin females lay fewer eggs than mated insects. If the juvenile hormone analogue methoprene is applied topically (100 ng/pupa) 2 to 3 days prior to adult emergence, the number of eggs per virgin female increases and the life span is reduced, as compared with nontreated virgins, and reaches values similar to control (mated) females. Changs in the ecdysteroid titer of females are related to egg laying. The concentrations increase and reach a maximum before most of the eggs are laid. Accordingly, the peak maximum is delayed in virgins as compared with mated females. This delay is prevented after application of methoprene. Mated and virgin females have lower ecdysteroid levels than treated virgins. In contrast to mated females, males have much lower ecdysteroid levels throughout their adult life.
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