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THE EFFECT OF PHOTOPERIOD ON DIAPAUSE INDUCTION AND INHIBITION IN HIPPODAMIA TREDECIMPUNCTATA (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. H. Storch
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Maine, Orono
W. L. Vaundell
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Maine, Orono

Abstract

Diapause in Hippodamia tredecimpunctata (Linnaeus) can be inhibited by exposing adult females to photoperiod regimens of LD 16:8 or 14:10 hours. Exposing adult females to a photoperiod of LD 12:12 hours initiates diapause. The photoperiod to which the egg, larval, and pupal stages are exposed has no effect on the developmental rate and has little effect on adult diapause status.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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