Influência da nutrição e temperatura na reprodução de representantes de Noctuidae, Crambidae, Tortricidae e Elachistidae / Influence of nutrition and temperature on the reproduction of species from Noctuidae, Crambidae, Tortricidae and Elachistidae

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2008

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This paper deals with the reproductive strategies of six lepidopteran species, considering the use of food sources in the adult stage and the effect of mating activity and temperature in the reproduction of those species. The lepidopteran species were: Anticarsia gemmatalis, Heliothis virescens, Spodoptera frugiperda (Noctuidae), Diatraea saccharalis (Crambidae), Gymnandrosoma aurantianum (Tortricidae), and Stenoma catenifer (Elachistidae). From this group two species with different reproductive strategies were selected: S.frugiperda, which uses the nutrients stored during the larval stage, and A.gemmatalis, which uses nutrients acquired in the adult stage. Then one verified the mating frequency and its effects on adult fecundity, fertility and longevity. For both species longevity decreased as the number of matings increased. Female reproduction was similar either when they mated with virgin males or non virgin males. However mating duration was different for the third mating was longer than the first one. The temperatures of 15º and 35ºC did affect the mating frequency of both species. The frequency of matings was positively related to fecundity but only for S.frugiperda. Also S.frugiperda at 25ºC presented higher fecundity with the increasing in the number of matings.

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pragas de plantas comportamento reprodutivo animal temperatura. mating frequency temperature. nutrição animal adult nutrition lagartas fecundity

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