Description and Differentiation of the Four Larval Instars of Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)

Autor:	Wen-Jer Wu, Li-Hsin Wu, Chiao-Ping Wang
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Larva Macrophthalmus media_common.quotation_subject Acanthoscelides Biological pest control Insect Biology biology.organism_classification Spiracle Insect Science Botany Instar Antenna (biology) media_common
Zdroj:	Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 105:259-267
ISSN:	1938-2901 0013-8746
Popis:	Bionomic data usually hold the key for understanding the life history of the target insect species. Here, we provide morphological characteristics of different larval instars of Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus (Schaeffer), a leucaena bruchine beetle species that is a potential biocontrol agent for the notoriously invasive plant Leucaena leucocephala. The scanning electron micrographs of the head capsule, antenna, clypeolabrum, maxilla, labium, leg, spiracle, and anus of the larval stage of A. macrophthalmus also are provided for the first time for this species, with most of the traits reflecting the taxonomic placement of A. macrophthalmus in the genus Acanthoscelides. Successive instars are determined accurately by using a model of the distribution of the width of the larval head capsule. Therefore, the data generated from this study represent baseline information for further biological control programs involving A. macrophthalmus.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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