Canibalism in the larval instars of Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): temperature and food quantity

Cannibalism is a frequent behavior in Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith, 1797) larvae either in the field or in a laboratory. The purpose of this work was to investigate the factors temperature and food quantity on the cannibal behavior in instars of this insect under laboratory conditions. The ne...

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Main Authors: Lorena Contarini Machado, Hugo José Gonçalves dos Santos Junior, Carlos Eduardo Costa Paiva, Beatriz Almeida dos Santos, Laura Vaillant Ribeiro Mauri, Julianne Almeida Rodrigues, Carolina de Oliveira Soares, Hugo Bolsoni Zago
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2022-03-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences
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Online Access:https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/59401