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