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Lipid composition of the pecan weevil,Curculio caryae (Horn)

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The lipids of larvae, male adults, and female adults of the pecan weevil,Curculio caryae (Horn), were studied, and special attention was given the fatty acid composition. The larvae contained an unusually high amount of lipid material (40.6%), most of it concentrated in the neutral lipid fraction. Male and famale adults contained more conventional quantities, 5.8 and 8.2%, respectively. Oleic acid was the major fatty acid in the total and neutral lipids of all stages; linoleic acid was the most abundant in the phospholipid fractions.

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  1. USDA Boll Weevil Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, 39762, Mississippi State, Mississippi

    R. D. Henson, A. C. Thompson & R. C. Gueldner

  2. Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, 39762, Mississippi State, Mississippi

    N. V. Mody

  3. Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, 39762, Mississippi State, Mississippi

    W. W. Neel

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Henson, R.D., Thompson, A.C., Gueldner, R.C. et al. Lipid composition of the pecan weevil,Curculio caryae (Horn). Lipids 8, 657–658 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02533154

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