Biology and behavior of Eochantecona furcellata Wolff (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) mass reared on larvae of Corcyra cephalonica (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Eocanthecona furcellata is a generalist predator. It has a wide prey range of lepidopterans infesting several pests on food crops and plantation crops. This research attempted to determine the biology of the predator E. furcellata with the given type of prey, namely Corcyra cephalonica and Tenebrio...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2025
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/26558/3/serangga_2.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/26558/ https://ejournal.ukm.my/serangga/issue/view/1806/showToc |
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| Summary: | Eocanthecona furcellata is a generalist predator. It has a wide prey range of lepidopterans infesting several pests on food crops and plantation crops. This research attempted to determine the biology of the predator E. furcellata with the given type of prey, namely Corcyra cephalonica and Tenebrio molitor larvae. In this study, E. furcellata was reared on Asystasia plants and given diet of 10 larvae of C. cephalonica and T. molitor each, and then observed its biological parameters. The results showed that E. furcellata given a T. molitor diet took a longer time to search and preyed on more larvae than those fed a C. cephalonica diet. The lifespan of the nympal stage of E. furcellata when given two types of prey was not significantly different, but the lifespan of the male and female adults was significantly different. The mean age of both the male and female adults was shorter when prey of C. cephalonica than of T. molitor. The number of eggs produced, the number of eggs hatched and the percentage of eggs hatched by E. furcellata female were higher on T. molitor prey than on C. cephalonica. The provision of T. molitor prey as food in mass rearing of E. furcellata has a better impact on its biological aspects than C. cephalonica prey and is expected to support the natural enemy augmentation program for pest control in oil palm plantations. |
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