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10.25100/socolen.v9i1-2-3-4.10298
Submitted: 06-07-2020
Published: 31-12-1983

VARIATION IN THE NUMBER OF INSTARS OF Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith)

Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA)
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA)

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ALVAREZ-R. J-A, SÁNCHEZ-G. G. VARIATION IN THE NUMBER OF INSTARS OF Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith). Rev. Colomb. Entomol. [Internet]. 1983 Dec. 31 [cited 2026 Oct. 17];9(1-2-3-4):43-9. Available from: https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/10298
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Abstract

A study was conducted to obtain basic information on- the number of larval instars undergone by Spodoptera frugi­perda (J. E. Smith) at the Entomology Laboratory of "Nataima" research sta­tion of the Colombian Agricultural Institute (I.C.A.) at El Espinal, Toll­ma. The Regional Research Center has an altitude of 420 m.a.s.. and an average temperature of 30± 2°C. Individual observations of larval de­velopment and measurements of each instar's head capsule permitted to verify that S. frugiperda has a variation in the number of larval instars. All seems to indicate that such variation was influenced not only by the type and quality of the diet but also by a genetic factor, not jet studied. First and third-generation larvae passed through six instars when fee­ding on sorghum. Less than 25% of the second generation larvae feeding on 22-25 days old sorghum, under­went seven instars, but if the diet was 36-40 days old, such percentage was 100%. When feeding on sorghum more than 50 days old, between 11% and 50% of the larvae passed through eight larval stages.

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ALVAREZ-R. J-A, SÁNCHEZ-G. G. VARIATION IN THE NUMBER OF INSTARS OF Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith). Rev. Colomb. Entomol. [Internet]. 1983 Dec. 31 [cited 2026 Oct. 17];9(1-2-3-4):43-9. Available from: https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/10298
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