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      Effect of larval nutrition on the development and mortality of Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Translated title: Efecto de la nutrición larval en el desarrollo y mortalidad de Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

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          The greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella, is an important pest of beekeeping industry. The effects of five natural diet materials on the developmental biology and mortality of all life stages of the greater wax moth were investigated in a laboratory trial. Effect of all five natural diets on the developmental biology and mortality varied significantly. New wax comb (NW) was found to be the poorest larval diet inducing prolonged immature stage duration, shortening adult moth longevity, decreasing egg productivity, retarding oviposition, prolonging the entire life-cycle duration and causing significantly higher overall life stage mortality. In contrast, feeding larvae on diets of old wax comb (OW), old wax comb containing 10% w/w added pollen (OWP), new wax comb containing 10% w/w added pollen (NWP), and bee-collected pollen (BP), positively affected the development and vitality of all life stages. The significance of these results with respect to the control measures are proposed and discussed.

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          La polilla mayor de la cera, Galleria mellonella, es una plaga importante en la apicultura. Se evaluaron los efectos de cinco materiales naturales encontrados en su dieta bajo condiciones de laboratorio. Todas las dietas afectaron la biología del desarrollo así como la mortalidad, la cual varió significativamente. El panal nuevo de cera (PN) representó la dieta más pobre para las larvas al inducir una prolongada duración de la etapa inmadura, acortar la longevidad de adultos, disminuir la productividad de huevos, retardar la oviposición, alargar la duración total del ciclo de vida y, en general, inducir una mortalidad significativamente mayor. Por el contrario, la alimentación de las larvas con las otras dietas (i.e. panal viejo (PV), panal viejo con polen 10% w/w (PV + P), panal nuevo con polen 10% w / w (PN + P) y polen de abeja recogido (PA), favorecieron el desarrollo y la vitalidad de todas las etapas de desarrollo. Se discute la importancia de estos resultados a la luz de medidas de control.

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                Revista Colombiana de Entomología
                Rev. Colomb. Entomol.
                Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología (Bogotá )
                0120-0488
                June 2014
                : 40
                : 1
                : 49-54
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                [1 ] King Saud University Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
                [2 ] Forest Research Institute India
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                S0120-04882014000100009
                a32ca2c5-0e7f-433e-b732-e4b4c72514f4

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                Categories
                ENTOMOLOGY

                Entomology
                Greater wax moth,Galleria mellonella,Larval nutrition,Development,Wax comb,Gran polilla de la cera,Nutrición larval,Desarrollo,Panal de cera

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