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Effect of multiple mating on the reproductive performance of the rice leaffolder moth, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

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To clarify whether multiple mating of females and males affects the reproductive performance of the rice leaffolder moth, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée), we examined the effect of the number of matings (once, twice, or three times) for females (female treatment) and males (male treatment) on the incidence of moth mating, number of eggs laid, egg hatchability, and adult longevity. We also compared the effect of multiple mating imposed on males or females separately with the effect of that imposed on both sexes simultaneously (both sexes treatment). The incidence of mating of females and males that mated three times (3-mated females and males) was significantly lower than for females and males that mated twice or once (2-mated or 1-mated females and males). The incidence of mating of 1-mated moths (both sexes) was significantly higher than for 2-mated or 3-mated moths (both sexes). Two-mated or 3-mated females laid significantly more eggs with significantly higher hatchability than 1-mated females. Females that mated with 1-mated males (second male mating) or 2-mated males (third male mating) laid significantly fewer eggs than those that mated with virgin males (first male mating). Females laid significantly more eggs after the second and third matings for moths of both sexes than after the first mating for moths of both sexes. The mechanisms of improvement and decline of female reproductive performance when multiple mating was imposed on males or females are also discussed in relation to the reproductive biology of C. medinalis.

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We express our thanks to Dr H. C. Mon of the University of Tokyo for critical advice on this research.

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  1. Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan

    Kei Kawazu & Sadahiro Tatsuki

  2. Laboratory of Entomology, Department of Environmental and Horticultural Sciences, Minami Kyushu University, Tateno 3764-1, Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, 885-0035, Japan

    Yoshinori Shintani

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Kawazu, K., Shintani, Y. & Tatsuki, S. Effect of multiple mating on the reproductive performance of the rice leaffolder moth, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Appl Entomol Zool 49, 519–524 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-014-0279-6

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