Using body length measurements to study larval growth: a lepidopteran example

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Autor(a) principal: COSTA,FELIPE A.P.L.
Data de Publicação: 2002
Outros Autores: GOMES-FILHO,ARLINDO
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Neotropical entomology (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2002000200002
Resumo: This work utilizes data for caterpillars of the Neotropical butterfly Hypothyris ninonia daeta (Bdv.) (Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae) to demonstrate that body length measurements can be used as an accurate index of weight in larval growth studies. It also determines analytically the time interval that must be maintained between consecutive measurements in order to keep within acceptable levels the chances of overlap in estimates (i.e., the chances that caterpillars of different lengths have the same weight). These results show that studying the growth of immature insects is not necessarily an exclusive laboratory enterprise. This approach may be particularly useful to estimate immature growth rate in the field, when more accurate measures are not possible or even desirable to obtain.
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spelling Using body length measurements to study larval growth: a lepidopteran exampleButterflycaterpillar growthHypothyrisIthomiinaelength-weight relationshipThis work utilizes data for caterpillars of the Neotropical butterfly Hypothyris ninonia daeta (Bdv.) (Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae) to demonstrate that body length measurements can be used as an accurate index of weight in larval growth studies. It also determines analytically the time interval that must be maintained between consecutive measurements in order to keep within acceptable levels the chances of overlap in estimates (i.e., the chances that caterpillars of different lengths have the same weight). These results show that studying the growth of immature insects is not necessarily an exclusive laboratory enterprise. This approach may be particularly useful to estimate immature growth rate in the field, when more accurate measures are not possible or even desirable to obtain.Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil2002-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2002000200002Neotropical Entomology v.31 n.2 2002reponame:Neotropical entomology (Online)instname:Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil (SEB)instacron:SEB10.1590/S1519-566X2002000200002info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCOSTA,FELIPE A.P.L.GOMES-FILHO,ARLINDOeng2002-11-27T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1519-566X2002000200002Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/neONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||editor@seb.org.br1678-80521519-566Xopendoar:2002-11-27T00:00Neotropical entomology (Online) - Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil (SEB)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Using body length measurements to study larval growth: a lepidopteran example
title Using body length measurements to study larval growth: a lepidopteran example
spellingShingle Using body length measurements to study larval growth: a lepidopteran example
COSTA,FELIPE A.P.L.
Butterfly
caterpillar growth
Hypothyris
Ithomiinae
length-weight relationship
title_short Using body length measurements to study larval growth: a lepidopteran example
title_full Using body length measurements to study larval growth: a lepidopteran example
title_fullStr Using body length measurements to study larval growth: a lepidopteran example
title_full_unstemmed Using body length measurements to study larval growth: a lepidopteran example
title_sort Using body length measurements to study larval growth: a lepidopteran example
author COSTA,FELIPE A.P.L.
author_facet COSTA,FELIPE A.P.L.
GOMES-FILHO,ARLINDO
author_role author
author2 GOMES-FILHO,ARLINDO
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv COSTA,FELIPE A.P.L.
GOMES-FILHO,ARLINDO
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Butterfly
caterpillar growth
Hypothyris
Ithomiinae
length-weight relationship
topic Butterfly
caterpillar growth
Hypothyris
Ithomiinae
length-weight relationship
description This work utilizes data for caterpillars of the Neotropical butterfly Hypothyris ninonia daeta (Bdv.) (Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae) to demonstrate that body length measurements can be used as an accurate index of weight in larval growth studies. It also determines analytically the time interval that must be maintained between consecutive measurements in order to keep within acceptable levels the chances of overlap in estimates (i.e., the chances that caterpillars of different lengths have the same weight). These results show that studying the growth of immature insects is not necessarily an exclusive laboratory enterprise. This approach may be particularly useful to estimate immature growth rate in the field, when more accurate measures are not possible or even desirable to obtain.
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