Rearing Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on a factitious meridic diet at different temperatures and larval densities

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 679-685

  Marti, Orville G ^a   Carpenter, James E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial diet; Cactoblastis; Crowding; Invasive organism; Mass rearing; Opuntia; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FECUNDITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; MOTH; NATIVE SPECIES; PEST CONTROL; PUPA; REARING; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CACTACEAE; CACTOBLASTIS; CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; OPUNTIA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 58149100281     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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