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ARTIFICIAL DIET FOR MASS PRODUCTION OF THE CODLING MOTH, CARPOCAPSA POMONELLA (LEPIDOPTERA: OLETHREUTIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

F. E. Brinton ,
M. D. Proverbs  and
B. E. Carty
F. E. Brinton
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Summerland, British Columbia
M. D. Proverbs
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Summerland, British Columbia
B. E. Carty
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Summerland, British Columbia
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Abstract

An artificial diet for rearing the codling moth is described. It is a modification of a casein–wheat germ diet that was initially developed for the cabbage looper. Agar was replaced by a mixture of wood sawdust, wheat flour, and wood pulp. Growth of microorganisms was controlled by sorbic acid and aureomycin, and by lowering the pH of the diet to 3.5 with citric acid. Production cost for dietary ingredients was about $1/1000 moths. The moths were slightly smaller than those reared on apple. When confined in cages, the sterilized diet-reared moths were somewhat less competitive than the apple-reared insects. However, sterilized diet-reared male moths released in an apple orchard dispersed more rapidly than sterilized apple-reared males.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 101 , Issue 6 , June 1969 , pp. 577 - 584
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1969

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