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Studies on the legume pod-borer Maruca testulalis (Geyer)—IV. A model for mass rearing: rearing on artificial diet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

R. Sumba Ochieng  and
D. O. Michael Bungu
R. Sumba Ochieng
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30, Mbita, South Nyanza, Kenya
D. O. Michael Bungu
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30, Mbita, South Nyanza, Kenya
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Abstract

A model for mass-rearing of tropical crop-borers has been developed using Maruca testulalis as a case study. Maruca testulalis (Geyer) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) has been reared from egg to adult for three generations on artificial diet at laboratory room temperature ranging between 25−30°C with a 12-hr photoperiod. The total life cycle was completed in 23 days. Average life data from the three generations reared on diet are larval period (13.35 days), pupal period (6.67 days); pupal weight (52.69 mg) for female and (49.68 mg) for male; survival to adult 60.3%; fecundity (257.1) eggs per female.

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Legume pod-borermass rearingartificial dietMaruca testulalisneonate larvastadial period management

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