Tiwari department of zoology, ddu gorakhpur university gorakhpur 273009, u. Study on the biology, feeding behaviour and predatory. Pdf biology and morphometric of rice moth corcyra cephalonica. Larvae before pupation wander about and leave a lot of webbing in the grains, causing excessive lumping, which reduces marketing quality of the grains. Biology of the harpactorine assassin bug, panthous bimaculatus distant hemiptera. Rice moth, corcyra cephalonica stainton lepidoptera. Azalekor department of zoology, university of ghana, po box 67, legon, ghana accepted 27 july 1999 abstract the life cycle of corcyra cephalonica was studied under ambient laboratory conditions temperature. Biology, behavior, and pest detection on stored grain. September, 2009 bracon hebetor say braconidae is a most well known parasitoid of a number of lepidopteran pests both in the field and in storage. Biology of rice moth corcyra cephalonica, stainton and its ecofriendly management. Effect of different diets on the biological parameters of.
Responses of corcyra cephalonica stainton to pirimiphosmethyl, spinosad, and combinations of pirimiphosmethyl and synergized pyrethrins. Later a new genus, corcyra was erected by rogonot 1885 to accommodate this insect, the name. Training manual of the second training on mass production. Some aspects of the biology and control using botanicals. In addition, an indication is given of particular areas in which further research could lead to more effective control of this species. Comparative biology of bracon hebetor say on corcyra. Pdf biology of rice moth, corcyra cephalonica stainton. A very destructive pest of stored products in south india. The experiment was conducted from 10th october, 20 to 10th january, 2014 in entomology laboratory of national maize research program nmrp rampur,chitwan, nepal in order to assess the reproductive biology and developmental parameters of corcyra. Biology of rice moth corcyra cephalonica stainton on. Laboratory observations on the development of the rice moth corcyra cephalonica stainton lepidoptera. Introduction corcyra cephalonica commonly called as rice meal moth or rice moth is a pest of stored foods, viz.
Tambe and syed khadeeru rehaman and bn choudhuri and k. Studies on some aspects of the biology of corcyra cephalonica. The biological parameters of this species when reared on corcyra cephalonica stainton eggs was studied by ballal et al. The experiments were conducted from 10 th october, 20 to 10 th january, 2014 in entomology laboratory of national maize researchprogram, rampur, chitwan, nepal at 262. Corcyra cephalonica developmental parameters when fed on diets of different proportions of pearl millet mixed with sorghum, cowpea, and peanut and the number of eggs produced by the female moth. Food grains, yeast, larva, pupa, adult, corcyra cephalonica. Pyralidae an important host of several biocontrol agents. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it.
The material used and methods used to carry out these investigations are described below. View full textpdf international journal of current research and. Effect of methoprene on the reproductive potential of rice. Corcyra definition of corcyra by the free dictionary. Impact of abiotic factors on the growth and development of. It was first recorded on corcyca cephalonica infesting stored grains krishna ayyar, 1934. The quantities of sorghumpearl milletmaize grain, free from insecticides, are coarsely milled and broken into 45 pieces in a milling machine.
The rice moth corcyra cephalonica is a moth of the family pyralidae. The grubs and adults of the lesser meal worm, alphitobius diaperinus panz. The complete mitochondrial genome mitogenome of the rice moth, corcyra cephalonica stainton lepidoptera. Effect of different diets on biology of corcyra cephalonica stainton under laboratory condition in chitwan, nepal gopal bhandari1, rajendra regmi2 and jiban shrestha1 1 nepal agricultural research council, national maize research program, rampur, chitwan, nepal 2 agriculture and forestry university, rampur, chitwan, nepal corresponding. The complete mitochondrial genome of the rice moth. Caterpillars cause the damage by webbing together grains and forming lump and feed from inside it. Pdf biology of rice moth, corcyra cephalonica stainton on foxtail. The earlier reference of this insect was made by stainton 1866, who provisionally named it melissoblaptes cephalonica giving a brief description.
Corcyra cephalonica stainton, popularly known as the rice meal moth or the flour moth. Effect of different diets on the biological parameters of rice moth, corcyra cephalonica stainton. The rice moth, corcyra cephalonica stainton, an alternate host for the production of the parasitoid. Development and reproductive performance of rice moth corcyra.
Incubation period, nymphal developmental time days, sex ratio of p. The hemolymph protein hp19 of the rice moth, corcyra cephalonica, mediates the 20. Effect of methoprene on the reproductive potential of rice moth,corcyra cephalonica staint. The mitogenome composition 37 genes and gene order are the same as the other lepidopterans. Download biology of rice moth corcyra cephalonica stainton on. Both species of moths cannot coexist for an extended period and in competition e. Some aspects of the biology and control using botanicals of the rice moth, corcyra cephalonica stainton, on some pulses j.
Biology of rice moth corcyra cephalonica stainton on groundnut variety. Jagadish and others published biology of rice moth, corcyra cephalonica stainton on foxtail millet. Corcyra cephalonica zoology for ias, ifos and other. Read online biology of rice moth corcyra cephalonica stainton on. Pdf reproductive biology study of corcyra cephalonica. Wheat flour samples were artificially infested with corcyra cephalonica, ephestia kuehniella. The stock culture of corcyra cephalonica was procured from centre for biological control, niphm, hyderabad and the experiment was done at controlled conditions i.
Corcyra cephalonica an overview sciencedirect topics. Many of the natural enemies massbred in the laboratory for use in field against crop pests are dependent on either egg or larval stages of corcyra due to the simple reason that it is easier and cheaper to. Pyralidae through plant products and insecticides as grain protectants infesting oat avena sativa linnaeus under storage condition were carried out at main forage research station, anand agricultural university, anand during 200708 and. Variation in biological parameters of corcyra cephalonica stainton. Responses of corcyra cephalonica stainton to pirimiphosmethyl, spinosad, and combinations of pirimiphosmethyl and synergized. Corcyra cephalonica so weak performance in all the parameters for this tested host of many natural enemies. Full text of the rice moth corcyra cephalonica stainton. Pyralidae was determined as a circular molecular of 15,273 bp in size. Study on the biology, feeding behaviour and predatory potential of sycanus collaris fabricius heteroptera. Corcyra synonyms, corcyra pronunciation, corcyra translation, english dictionary definition of corcyra. Its caterpillars feed on dry plantstuffs such as seeds, including cereals e.
The rice meal moth, corcyra cephalonica stainton and the. Sitotroga cereallela and corcyra cephalonica semantic scholar. Competition between corcyra cephalonica stainton and ephestia cautella walker was studied in broken cocoa beans using the two species alone, introduced one before the other and together. Pyralidae, is an important insect pest of stored rice, bean, corn and some grains jagadish et al.
Effect of different diets on biology of corcyra cephalonica, vol2bhandari et al. Present investigations on biology and management of rice moth, corcyra cephalonica stainton lepidoptera. Gender associated differences in developmental parameters. Corcyra cepalonica, the rice moth is a serious pest of stored product around the world. Development of an optimum diet for mass rearing of the. Effect of different diets on the biology of rice moth. The biology of corcyra cephalonica stainton was studied under controlled conditions in the laboratory. Corcyra cephalonica larva developed in 2830 d with significantly longer development time when cowpea or peanut flour were added to cereals diets.
Biology of rice moth, corcyra cephalonica stainton on foxtail millet article pdf available in karnataka journal of agricultural sciences 22. Reproduction of corcyra cephalonica reproduction of corcyra cephalonica as intermediates host was conducted 6 weeks before the mass reproduction of t. Corcyra cephalonica is extremely variable in size, specimens which were first reared from material received from western pennsylvania being quite small, while individuals from later generations are much larger, and in some cases show markings on the forewings more dis tincth a moth is shown in plate i, a, with wings extended. Effect of different diets on the biology of rice corcyra. Corcyra cephalonica pdf the biology of corcyra cephalonica stainton was studied under controlled conditions in the laboratory. Pyralidae, is an important insect pest of stored rice, bean, corn and some grains. Development of an optimum diet for mass rearing of the rice moth. The bold, clean grains of rice, wheat, sorghum and other oilseeds were.
Igg was used in the present study to understand the role of hp19 during the postembryonic development of corcyra. Pyralidae with quality rearing media was studied against four. Whereas in india,rice grain moth,corcyra cephalonica is used as the laboratory host. Biology of the harpactorine assassin bug, panthous. Effect of different diets on biology of corcyra cephalonica. The life cycle of corcyra cephalonica was studied under ambient laboratory conditions temperature range 27. C and 705% rh in order to assess diet performance on the biological parameters. The results offer an explanation of recent evidence that c. Effect of different diets on the biology of rice moth, corcyra.
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