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THE EFFECTS OF PARENTAL AND PROGENY DIET ON DEVELOPMENT, WEIGHT GAIN, AND SURVIVAL OF PRE-DIAPAUSE LARVAE OF THE SATIN MOTH, LEUCOMA SALICIS (LEPIDOPTERA: LYMANTRIIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

T. L. Wagner
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Maine, Orono 04469
D. E. Leonard
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Maine, Orono 04469

Abstract

Satin moth, Leucoma salicis (L), larvae from parents which fed on eastern cottonwood and largetooth aspen were laboratory-reared from eclosion to diapause (3rd stage) on fresh foliage of seven poplar and one willow species. Larvae from parents which fed on eastern cottonwood weighed more at eclosion, developed more rapidly, had higher survival, and gained more weight by the onset of diapause relative to larvae from aspen-fed parents. Larvae which were fed the host foliage of their parents developed more rapidly. The highest survival and greatest weight gains occurred where progeny of individuals that developed on eastern cottonwood were reared on that host. Lombardy poplar and eastern cottonwood were the most suitable host species, while white, Simon, and balsam poplars were the least suitable.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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