Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-ndw9j Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-13T02:29:37.853Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Influence of Parental Food Quality on the Survival of Hyphantria cunea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. F. Morris
R. F. Morris
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Larvae of Hyphantria cunea Drury were reared on early, mid-season, and late foliage collected from the same apple trees. Survival was significantly lower on late foliage and the fecundity of the moths decreased from 604 in the early series to 128 in the late. Half the filial generation was reared under nutritional stress on a deficient synthetic diet and the other half on a very favorable host, speckled alder. Under both conditions there was a strong transmitted influence of parental food quality on the viability of the eggs and on the ability of first-instar larvae to become established on food. The progeny of the late series did not survive beyond this instar. When the filial generation was subjected to nutritional stress, the influence of parental food was apparent throughout the larval, pupal and adult stages, with progeny of the early series having higher survival than those of the mid-season series. However, when the filial generation hail very favorable food, there was no significant difference in survival rates subsequent to the larval establishment period.

The quality of foliage available to univoltine populations of H. cunea depends largely on temperature. Thus, in the development of population models for this species, temperature should be treated as a variable having not only direct effects on establishment and survival each season, but also indirect effects on the quality of the progeny in the following season.

Type
Articles
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 99 , Issue 1 , January 1967 , pp. 24 - 33
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Edelman, N. M. 1963. Age changes in the physiological condition of certain arbivorous larvae in relation to feeding conditions. Ent. Rev. 42: 4–9.Google Scholar
Jasič, J., and Macko, V.. 1961. Some results of experimental study of fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea Drury) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) ecology. Biol. Práce 7 pt. 9, 127 pp. Bratislava.Google Scholar
Kovačević, Z. 1954. Utjecaj hrane na biotički potencijal dudovca Hyphantria cunea Drury. Biljne proizvodnje 2: 65–78.Google Scholar
McMorran, A. 1965. A synthetic diet for the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Can. Ent. 97: 58–62.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Miller, C. A. 1966. The black-headed budworm in eastern Canada. Can. Ent. 98: 592–613.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Morris, R. F. 1963a. Synonymy and color variation in the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea Drury (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Can. Ent. 95: 1217–1223.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Morris, R. F. 1963b. The effect of predator age and prey defense on the functional response of Podisus maculiventris Say to the density of Hyphantria cunea Drury. Can. Ent. 95: 1009–1020.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Morris, R. F. 1964. The value of historical data in population research, with particular reference to Hyphantria cunea Drury. Can. Ent. 96: 356–368.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Morris, R. F., and Bennett, C. W.. 1967. Seasonal population trends and extensive census methods for Hyphantria cunea. Can. Ent. 99: 9–17.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Schmidt, L. 1953. The influence of food on the development of gipsy moth (Lymantria dispar L). Yugoslavia Academy of Science, Zagreb. pp. 105–166.Google Scholar
Umnov, M. P. 1956. The American white moth (Hyphantria cunea) and measures for controlling it. (In Russian.) In Zotsenko, L. N. ed. Zashcita plodvykh kul'tur i vinograda ot vrediteleǐ i bolezneǐ, pp. 67–83. Moskva, Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Sel'skokhoziaistvennoǐ Literatury.Google Scholar
Watt, K. E. F. 1963. Dynamic programming, “Look Ahead Programming,” and the strategy of insect pest control. Can. Ent. 95: 525–536.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wellington, W. G. 1965. Some maternal influences on progeny quality in the western tent caterpillar, Malacosoma pluviale (Dyar). Can. Ent. 97: 1–14.CrossRefGoogle Scholar