caa a22 4500 386375267 CHVBK 20180307112015.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198908 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1742758400021615 doi S1742758400021615 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1742758400021615 Reproductive behaviour of the tossa jute defoliator, Acraea terpsicore (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) [Elektronische Daten] Some aspects of the reproductive behaviour of the tossa jute defoliator, Acraea terpsicore (L.), were studied. The insect mated only once. A horny material was deposited on the female's genital aperture after mating. Mating began on the day of emergence and lasted for 7 days on 10% sucrose solution. Maximum number of matings was on the third day after emergence. Within the day, over 95% of matings was between 0600 and 1800 hr with a peak between 1200 and 1800 hr. Eggs were also laid mainly between 0600 and 1800 hr during the day with a peak between 1500 and 1800 hr. Oviposition which started on the day of emergence lasted for 7 days on 10% sucrose with a peak on the second day. The presence of the male, after mating had occurred, did not significantly affect the number of eggs laid. Adults emerged between 0600 and 1800 hr but mostly before mid-day. Peak emergence for males occurred earlier than that for females. Behavioural activities in courtship, mating, oviposition, and adult emergence, are described. Copyright © ICIPE 1989 Acraea terpsicore nationallicence reproductive behaviour nationallicence courtship nationallicence mating nationallicence oviposition nationallicence adult emergence nationallicence Corchorus olitorius nationallicence tossa jute nationallicence Duodu Yeboa A. Crops Research Institute, P.O. Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana Lawson Benard W. L. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana International Journal of Tropical Insect Science Cambridge University Press 10/4(1989-08), 557-562 1742-7584 10:4<557 1989 10 JTI https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400021615 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400021615 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Duodu Yeboa A. Crops Research Institute, P.O. Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lawson Benard W. L. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Tropical Insect Science Cambridge University Press 10/4(1989-08), 557-562 1742-7584 10:4<557 1989 10 JTI CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge