Head Capsule Width of Larval Populations of the Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) in Quebec, with Reference to Dyar's Hypothesis
作者:
Luc Jobin,
Christian Hebért,
Jean-Pierre Bourassa,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 21,
issue 1
页码: 89-93
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1093/ee/21.1.89
出版商: Oxford University Press
关键词: Insecta;Gypsy moth;Lymantria disparL.;head capsule
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
Head capsule widths of 10,677 larvae of the gypsy moth,Lymantria disparL., from different populations in Quebec were measured and compared with those observed in Massachusetts 90 yr ago. Mean head capsule widths for each of the six instars were almost identical to those observed 90 yr earlier. Larval growth ratios decreased with molt number in all populations studied. This disagrees with Dyar's hypothesis, which proposes a geometrical head capsule growth in Lepidoptera. Populations that showed the greatest departures from Dyar's hypothesis suffered the highest levels of natural mortality. Parasitism and NPV infection are suggested as stressing factors that could have modified gypsy moth larval growth.
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