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Provedor de dados: | 103
País: | Brazil
Título: | Biology and morphology of Molippa cruenta (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in the laboratory
Autores: | Specht,Alexandre; Formentini,Aline C.; Benedetti,Augusto J.
Data: | 2010-06-01
Ano: | 2010
Palavras-chave: | Developmental biology; Hemileucinae; Larvae; Life-cycle.
Resumo: | The goal of this contribution was to study the biology and morphology of all developmental stages of Molippa cruenta (Walker, 1855), a member of Hemileucinae (Saturniidae), endemic to southern Brazil and northeastern Argentina. Daily observations were carried out on individuals reared under controlled temperature (25 ± 1ºC), relative humidity (70 ± 10%) and photophase (14 hours of light). The duration and viability of each developmental phase, as well as morphological and behavioral aspects of each stage, were evaluated. Under laboratory conditions, the life-cycle of M. cruenta was completed in 150 days, with mean periods for egg, larva, pupa and adult phases being 35, 71.95, 37.85, 19.17 and 4.81 days, respectively. The larval phase included six instars, with an average growth rate of 1.46. The study of the immature stages of M. cruenta revealed several morphological characteristics that are distinct from other species of the genus, highlighting the importance of these stages for taxonomic and phylogenetic studies.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702010000300005
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S1984-46702010000300005
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Zoologia (Curitiba)  v.27 n.3 2010
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess