caa a22 4500 386375518 CHVBK 20180307112016.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198910 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1742758400021858 doi S1742758400021858 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1742758400021858 Development of Diacrisia casignetum Köllar (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) on different host plants [Elektronische Daten] Laboratory evaluation of food consumption, food utilization, weight gain, development, fecundity and egg-hatchability were made from the beginning of the first instar to sixth instar on castor, groundnut, Indian bean, jute, sesame and sunflower. Total food consumption was highest on castor and lowest on jute. Development was fastest on castor, and castor was most efficiently digested followed by sunflower, sesame, groundnut, Indian bean and jute. Consumption index and digestive efficiency on all host plants declined with larval age. Digested portion of jute was most efficiently converted into body matter. Variations in fecundity and egg-hatchability for different host plants were statistically significant at P = 0.01. The differences in these parameters may be due to the variations in the nutritional quality of the hosts. Copyright © ICIPE 1989 Diacrisia casignetum nationallicence host plants nationallicence utilization development nationallicence fecundity nationallicence egg-hatchability nationallicence Diacrisia casignetum nationallicence plant-insectes nationallicence utilisation nationallicence developpement nationallicence fecondite nationallicence eclosion des ouefs nationallicence Chatterjee Madhuchhanda Department of Zoology, Burdwan University, Burdwan-713104, India Chaudhuri D.K. Department of Zoology, Burdwan University, Burdwan-713104, India International Journal of Tropical Insect Science Cambridge University Press 10/5(1989-10), 705-711 1742-7584 10:5<705 1989 10 JTI https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400021858 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400021858 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chatterjee Madhuchhanda Department of Zoology, Burdwan University, Burdwan-713104, India NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chaudhuri D.K. Department of Zoology, Burdwan University, Burdwan-713104, India NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Tropical Insect Science Cambridge University Press 10/5(1989-10), 705-711 1742-7584 10:5<705 1989 10 JTI CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge