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Bionomics of Momordica cochinchinensis Fed Aulacophora foveicollis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

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The effects of feeding on root by the larvae and three types of Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng (Cucubitaceae) leaves (young, mature and senescent) by the adults of Aulacophora foveicollis Lucas (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) were studied under laboratory conditions. Total larval developmental time was 19.7 ± 0.2 days by feeding on young roots. Adult males lived for 28.4 ± 1, 65.7 ± 1.1 and 22.8 ± 1.3 days on young, mature and senescent leaves, respectively; whilst adult females lived for 34.3 ± 1.2, 68.5 ± 0.9 and 26.4 ± 1.4 days on young, mature and senescent leaves, respectively. Fecundity was highest in mature leaves fed insects (202.2 ± 10.6). Total carbohydrate, protein, lipid, nitrogen and amino acid were much higher in root followed by mature leaves than young and senescent leaves. Moisture content was highest in mature leaves than the roots, young and senescent leaves. Phenols were greatest in young leaves followed by mature leaves and least in senescent leaves and roots of the said plant. Flavonols were higher in young leaves and least in root. These results suggest that A. foveicollis adults perform better on mature leaves than young and senescent leaves for their nutrition.

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Acknowledgments

We thank anonymous reviewer(s) for many helpful comments for an earlier version of the manuscript. We are thankful to Dr. Poorani Janakiraman, National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects (formerly PDBC), Karnataka, India for identifying the insect, and Prof. Ambarish Mukherjee, Dept. of Botany of this University for identification of the plant. The work was supported by the DST FIST, UGC-DRS, New Delhi, India under grant [No. F.3–9/2012 (SAP II)].

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Mukherjee, A., Karmakar, A. & Barik, A. Bionomics of Momordica cochinchinensis Fed Aulacophora foveicollis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Proc Zool Soc 70, 81–87 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12595-016-0166-y

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