INHERITANCE OF LARVAL BODY COLOR IN LEPTINOTARSA-DECEMLINEATA (COLEOPTERA, CHRYSOMELIDAE)

Authors
LU WH LOGAN P
Citation
Wh. Lu et P. Logan, INHERITANCE OF LARVAL BODY COLOR IN LEPTINOTARSA-DECEMLINEATA (COLEOPTERA, CHRYSOMELIDAE), Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 87(4), 1994, pp. 454-459
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Annals of the Entomological Society of America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00138746
Volume
87
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
454 - 459
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8746(1994)87:4<454:IOLBCI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Larval body color of Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), varies geographically. Genetic analyses of larval color variat ion in crosses of populations from Morelos (Mexico) and Rhode Island i ndicated that two loci with epistasis controlled larval body color. Th ere was no correlation between larval color and ovipositional behavior on potato. A higher percentage of red-orange larvae accepted potato a s food than yellow larvae.