Variation in Wing Length of the African Armyworm, Spodoptera exempta in East Africa During 1973-74

Aidley, David J.; Lubega, M. C.

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“…comms.). However, the results reported in this paper refute the suggestions (Rose, 1975;Aidley & Lubega, 1979) that it might prove possible to predict the migratory potential of moths on the basis of the size of insects in field-collected samples. Moths reared at high larval densities did not have consistently lower wing-loadings than those reared at lower densities (Fig.…”

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“…In E. postvittana, smaller moths were also shown to have lower wing-loadings. In S. exempta, significant size differences have been recorded in moths from widely separated locations (Aidley & Lubega, 1979), as well as from different generations in the same area (Rose, 1975), and such gross morphometric differences have been used to identify influxes of migrant moths into existing populations (D. J. W. Rose and W. W. Page, pers. comms.).…”

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The effect of larval rearing conditions on flight performance in females of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Parker

Gatehouse

1985

Bull. Entomol. Res.

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The effect of quantitative and qualitative differences in maize leaf fed to larvae of Spodoptera exempta (Walker), and of larval density, on flight duration in female moths was investigated using a tethered-flight technique. Neither food deprivation nor diets of water-stressed maize influenced the proportion of moths flying for long periods. However, a significant increase in the incidence of long flights was recorded in moths from larvae reared at high densities. Significant differences were observed in the weights and sizes of moths from the different larval treatments. Wing-loading was shown to be a function of moth weight, with lighter moths having lower wing-loadings. However, wing-loadings of long-flying moths and those of short-fliers were similar, and it is concluded that the migratory potential of females of 5. exempta cannot be predicted from moth weight or morphometric data. A feature of the results was the variable proportion of long-flying moths in the test and control groups, irrespective of larval treatment. Re-examination of the data showed that a high incidence of long flights was evident in the experimental insects at approximately one-generation intervals, and it is suggested that there is a major genetic component in the determination of flight capacity in this species.

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