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Artificial Diet for Rearing the Annona Fruit Borer Cerconota anonella Sepp, 1830 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Mônica J. B. Pereira ,
Evoneo Berti-Filho  and
José R. P. Parra
Mônica J. B. Pereira*
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, State of Mato Grosso University—UNEMAT MT 358, KM 7—Airport, District 78300-000 Tangará da Serra, MT, Brasil
Evoneo Berti-Filho
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Agricultural Zoology, Esalq, University of São Paulo, in Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil
José R. P. Parra
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Agricultural Zoology, Esalq, University of São Paulo, in Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil
*
Corresponding author: MJBP. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Cerconota anonella is the most important pest of the Annonaceae in the Neotropical region for larval damage, which can result in 60 to 100% losses in fruit production. However information on the pest's biology is scarce. This research compared different artificial diets for rearing C. anonella under laboratory conditions (25.0 ± 1.0 °C; 60 ± 5.0% RH and 14 h photophase). Five diets were compared: A (bean, soybean meal, wheatgerm, casein and yeast), B (maize flour, wheatgerm and yeast), C (wheatgerm and casein), D (wheatgerm and soybean) and E (wheatgerm and soybean). In diet E, the amount of wheatgerm was higher than that in dietD. The results indicated that diet E was the most suitable one for the development of C. anonella.

Résumé

L'objectif de ce travail est de comparer des milieux artificiels destinés à l'élevage de Cerconota anonella Sepp, 1830 en conditions de laboratoire (25,0 ± 1.0 °C; HR 60, 0 ± 5.0% et 14 h de photopériode). Cinq milieux artificiels ont été comparés: A (haricot, farine de soja, germe de blé, caséine et levure), B. (farine de maïs, germe de blé et levure), C. (germe de blé et caséine), D (germe de blé et soja) et E (germe de blé et soja). La quantité de germe de blé du milieu E est plus élevée que celle du milieu D. Les résultats montrent que le milieu E est le mieux adapté au développement de C. anonella.

Keywords

Cerconota anonellarearingartificial dietCerconota anonellaélevagemilieu artificiel
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Research Article
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , June 2003 , pp. 137 - 141
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Copyright © ICIPE 2003

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