OBSERVAÇÃO SOBRE A PERDA DE PESO EM LAGARTAS DE Azochis gripusalis Walker, 1859 (PYRAUSTIDAE – LEPIDOPTERA) DURANTE A DIAPAUSA COMMENT ON THE WEIGHT LOSS OF CATERPILLARS OF Azochis gripusalis WALKER, 1859 (PYRAUSTIDAE LEPDOPTERA) DURING THE DORMANCY PERIOD

• Main Author: Antônio Henrique Garcia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Goiás 2007-09-01
• Series: Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical
• Online Access: http://www.revistas.ufg.br/index.php/pat/article/view/2363

&lt;!-- @page { margin: 2cm } --&gt; &lt;p class="western" align="justify"&gt;Foram observadas a perda de peso em lagartas da &lt;em&gt;Azochis&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;gripusalis Walker&lt;/em&gt;, 1859 (&lt;em&gt;Pyraustidae&lt;/em&gt;-&lt;em&gt;Lepidoptera&lt;/em&gt;) durante o período hibernal em Curitiba, Paraná, onde a praga da figueira cultivada, &lt;em&gt;Ficus carica L.&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;em&gt;Moraceae&lt;/em&gt;), apresenta duas gerações por ano. Em 28 lagartas da geração de verão e 28 da geração de inverno, ambas no 5° instar e pesadas em intervalos de 20 dias, verificou-se uma perda de peso bem acentuada nas lagartas da geração de inverno durante a hibernação.&lt;/p&gt;<br>&lt;!-- @page { margin: 2cm } --&gt; &lt;p class="western" align="justify"&gt;In this work the loss of weight in caterpillars of &lt;em&gt;Azochis gripusalis Walker&lt;/em&gt;, 1859 (&lt;em&gt;Pyraustidae&lt;/em&gt;-&lt;em&gt;Lepidoptera&lt;/em&gt;) important pest of cultivated fig-trees Ficus carica L. (&lt;em&gt;Moraceae&lt;/em&gt;) was observed during the hibernation (diapause) period. In Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, the A.gripusalis presents two generations in a year, winter generation and summer generation. The winter generation caterpillar hibernate during the 5th phase in a period of 158 to 163 days. The caterpillars, as a whole of 28 were confined in the Ficus stalk and grown up in laboratories and weighed at intervals of 20 days, since the beginning while the period of hibernation lasted.&lt;/p&gt;