1978
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1978.tb02439.x
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Effect of adult diet and mating on egg laying capacity and longevity of potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella Zeller

Abstract: Female moths of Ph. operculella offered sugar solutions at concentrations of 5–20% laid relatively higher number of eggs and lived longer than those offered plain water or nothing (starved moths). The highest mean number of eggs laid by a single female and the longest life span were recorded for female moths offered 5% sugar solution. Mated females laid more eggs and moths of both sexes lived shorter than unmated ones. Zusammenfassung Wirkungen der Imaginalnahrung und Kopulation auf die Eizahl und Lebensdauer … Show more

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