Energy Budget of <I>Clostera cupreata</I> Butler (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) on the Leaves of Poplar

Rajani Ahluwalia

doi:10.36808/if/2012/v138i11/28670

Energy Budget of Clostera cupreata Butler (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) on the Leaves of Poplar

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Rajani Ahluwalia

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https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2012/v138i11/28670

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Consumption, Assimilation, Biomass, Egestion

Abstract

All the five larval stages of Clostera cupreata were fed and grown on the leaves of poplar and their energy budget was drawn. A linear increase in assimilation, consumption and tissue growth was found but an irregular trend of egestion in developing instars was observed.

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2012-11-01

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Ahluwalia, R. (2012). Energy Budget of <I>Clostera cupreata</I> Butler (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) on the Leaves of Poplar. Indian Forester, 138(11), 1059–1062. https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2012/v138i11/28670

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Volume 138, Issue 11, November 2012

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