Morphometric Study of Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella L.) under Laboratory Condition

Simran Mahapatra

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751029, India.

Subhashree Subhasmita Paikaray

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751029, India.

Samit Pal

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751029, India.

Chandan Kumar Panigrahi

Department of Entomology, Naini Agricultural Institute, SHUATS, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Nishismita Parida

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751029, India.

Amrit Mohapatra

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751029, India.

Satya Narayan Satapathy *

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751029, India.

Swoyam Singh

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751029, India.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

The present study was carried out in PG Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha on morphometry of greater wax moth (G. mellonella L.). Under laboratory condition, we observed the incubation period of greater wax moth was 8.55±0.42 days. The seven successive larval instars lasted for the following number of days i.e.,4.64±0.36, 5.04±0.51, 6.05±0.62, 7.07±0.41, 8.15±0.  59, 8.41±0.52 and 9.12±0.47 days. Prepupa and pupa lasted, 1.69±0.52 and 8.63±0.38 days,respectively. Adult males lived for 16.79±1.48 days on average, compared to 6.92±0.49 days for females. Females had pre-ovipositional, ovipositional and post-ovipositional durations of 1.13±0.33, 3.78±0.43 and 1.19±0.28 days, respectively. On average females lay 784.01±42.77eggs per female and 167.91±43.64 eggs per female on each day.

Keywords: Morphometric, Galleria mellonella L., larval period, instar, fecundity


How to Cite

Mahapatra, Simran, Subhashree Subhasmita Paikaray, Samit Pal, Chandan Kumar Panigrahi, Nishismita Parida, Amrit Mohapatra, Satya Narayan Satapathy, and Swoyam Singh. 2023. “Morphometric Study of Greater Wax Moth (Galleria Mellonella L.) under Laboratory Condition”. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 13 (11):1069-73. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113256.