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Supercooling Capacity of the Sweet Potato Leaf Folder, Brachmia macroscopa Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Supercooling Capacity of the Sweet Potato Leaf Folder, Brachmia macroscopa Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Xia-Lin Zheng1, Pan Wang2, Jun-Yan Liu1, Yu-Jing Zhang1, Jun Li1 and Wen Lu1,*

1Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agric-Environment and Agric-Products Safety, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
2Institute of Vegetable Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Science and Technology, Wuhan 430345, China

Xia-Lin Zheng and Pan Wang contributed equally to this work.

*      Corresponding author: luwenlwen@163.com

 

Fig. 1.

Seasonal changes in air temperature (average, maximum and minimum) during 1951-2011 periods in Wuhan City (Hubei Province, China). Air temperature data provided by Climate Data Centre, China Meteorological Administration.

Fig. 2.

Supercooling points of larvae, pupae, and adults of Brachmia macroscopa in January.

Fig. 3.

Body water contents of larvae, pupae, and adults of Brachmia macroscopa in January.

Fig. 4.

Regression analysis between supercooling points and body water contents of larvae (A), pupae (B) and adults (C) in Brachmia macroscopa.

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

April

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56, Iss. 2, pp. 503-1000

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