Marking of the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with Calco Oil Red dye II. Effects of the dye on fecundity, longevity and sexual maturity

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 375-378

  Sugiyama, Mitsugu ^a   Shimoji, Yukio ^a,b   Kohama, Tsuguo ^a  

^a Fruit Fly Eradication Project Office   (Japan)

^b Ryukyu Sankei Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial diet; Calco Oil Red dye; Euscepes postfasciatus; Sexual maturity; SIT

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; EUSCEPES POSTFASCIATUS; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032262927     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.33.375     Document Type: Article

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