Gontor AGROTECH Science Journal
Vol 2, No 1 (2015): December 2015

EFFECT OF STARVATION AND INFESTATION BEHAVIOR OF LARVAE KHAPRA BEETLE, Trogoderma granarium Everts (COLEOPTERA : DERMESTIDAE)

Haris Setyaningrum (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Dec 2015

Abstract

The Khapra beetle Trogoderma granarium Everts is very destructive pest in various stored product and nominated as one of the hundred worst invasive species in the world. The study of starvation and infestation behaviors are important for improvement of insect control method. This study represent the number of molting as fact of regressive molting in starved condition, the larva of T. granarium within 68 days periods can be molted 1-3 times. The infestation behavior on three diets treatment presented. In grain wheat their larva are laid off the casting skin over the surface of product and distributed randomly in whole part of stored product. Respectively in flour casting skin are laid down in bottom of the container as effect of feeding. In flour the casting skin are laid on mostly over surface of the flour mixed with frass. In toilet tissue the infestation is present in hole over the surface and randomly position of casting skin.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

agrotech

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Education

Description

Gontor AGROTECH Science Journal (GASJ) is a sciencetific journal published biannual (june and december), covered but not limited issues in agronomy, integrated farming, sutainable agriculture, plant cultivation, soil science, plant protection, pest and diseases. GASJ published research article, ...