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Findings on pray consumption and best preferred pray for a coccinallid Coccinella transversalis fab. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on different species of aphids (Aphididae: Homoptera)
Aphids are small sap-sucking insects, and Coccinella transversalis is a small beneficial insect, used as biocontrol. They are economically important for agriculture. It plays a very important role in the place of insecticides, by feeding aphids. To study the total prey consumption by the adult male and female ladybeetle in their lifetime, experiments were conducted to observe the consumption of C. transversalis in different life stages of aphid species. The prey consumption by the first larval instar of C. transversalis on the different aphids species was statistically significant (F=79.52; P<0.001). By second instar larva was also statistically significant (F=112.11; P< 0.001). By third larval instar in their lifetime was statistically significant (F= 108.05; P< 0.001) for all the species, and fourth larval instar in their lifetime was significantly different (F= 205.47; P<0.001) for all the prey species. Total larval consumption of the different aphid species was significantly different (F= 375.37; P<0.001). The consumption by adult male C. transversalis in their lifetime was significantly different (F= 285.04; P<0.001). The lifetime prey consumption of female C. transversalis was significantly different for all the prey species (F=368.30; P<0.001). Thus, it is clear from the results that the prey consumption of C. transversalis increased with the increase in predatory stages, and the consumption of prey, A. gossypii was the maximum in all the predatory stages, whereas the consumption of A. nerii was the minimum.
Keywords:
Feeding efficiency, Beetle, Lipaphis erysimi, Coccinella transversalis, A. gossypii
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"Findings on pray consumption and best preferred pray for a coccinallid Coccinella transversalis fab. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on different species of aphids (Aphididae: Homoptera)", International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.2, Issue 3, page no.165 - 174, March-2017, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI1703034.pdf
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