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- Title
Effect of Body Size on Fecundity and Longovity of the Mugwort Leaf Beetle: Chrysolina aurichalcea Mannerheim (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
- Authors
Alaijos, Oliver; Jong Eun Lee
- Abstract
Adult leaf beetle, Chrysolina aurichalce, were collected from the field were monitored for oviposition and mortality to determine if correlations existed between adult parameters and fecundity or longevity. Adult size was not a good indicator of fecundity, total oviposition events and number of eggs laid per day. Adult size of females showed very low correlation with the average number of eggs laid per day. However male adult size was a marginal indicator of the number of eggs laid per day. Longevity could be a more important factor affecting fecundity for adult females of C. aurichalcea rather than adult size.
- Subjects
CHRYSOMELIDAE; BODY size; FERTILITY; LONGEVITY; REPRODUCTION
- Publication
Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 2006, Vol 8, Issue 1, p53
- ISSN
1302-0250
- Publication type
Article