Comparison of fecundity and longevity of Anoplophora malasiaca (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) adults fed on three different host‐plants

Abstract

Oocyte development, age at first reproduction, ovipositing activity and longevity were compared among three groups of Anoplophora malasiaca (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) female adults that were grown on an artificial diet and provided with mandarin orange (MO), blueberry (BB) and willow (WI) branches after adult emergence. The female adults that were fed with MO began to lay eggs earlier, produced more eggs and lived longer than those that were fed with BB or WI. None of the female adults that were fed with BB laid eggs. The BB-fed female adults developed the lowest number of oocytes after one and three weeks of feeding. The female adults that were fed with WI and MO for one week developed similar numbers of oocytes. However, after three weeks the MO-fed female adults developed significantly more oocytes than WI-fed females. When female adults were first fed with MO for one week and then supplied with BB, subsequent ovarian development was strongly suppressed and the number of immature oocytes decreased. The results suggested that some immature oocytes degenerated. From these results it was concluded that MO was the most suitable adult host-plant, followed by WI and BB. It is possible that adults that emerge from BB trees may shift their host-plant during the adult stage in the field.

Laboratory evaluation of leguminous plants for the development and reproduction of the bean bug Riptortus pedestris (Hemiptera: Alydidae)

“…This is similar to the results in many insect–plant models, such as the southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula (L.) and Piezodorus guildinii Westwood (Panizzi & Alves 1993), citrus long‐horned beetle, Anoplophora malasiaca (Thomson) (Fujiwara‐Tsujii et al . 2016), cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Gomes et al . 2017), Thrips flavus Schrank (Gao et al .…”

Offspring performance and female preference of Pagiophloeus tsushimanus (coleoptera: curculionidae) on three Lauraceae tree species: A potential risk of host shift caused by larval experience

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Degradation of white birch shelterbelts by attack of white-spotted longicorn beetle in central Hokkaido, northern Japan

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