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Schowalter TD, Whitford WG, Turner RB. Bioenergetics of the range caterpillar, Hemileuca oliviae (Ckll.). Oecologia. 1977;28(2):153-161doi: 10.1007/BF00345251.
Schowalter, T. D., Whitford, W. G., & Turner, R. B. (1977). Bioenergetics of the range caterpillar, Hemileuca oliviae (Ckll.). Oecologia, 28(2), 153-161. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345251
Schowalter, T D, et al. "Bioenergetics of the range caterpillar, Hemileuca oliviae (Ckll.)." Oecologia vol. 28,2 (1977): 153-161. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345251
Schowalter TD, Whitford WG, Turner RB. Bioenergetics of the range caterpillar, Hemileuca oliviae (Ckll.). Oecologia. 1977 Jun;28(2):153-161. doi: 10.1007/BF00345251. PMID: 28309014.
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Oecologia. 1977 Jun;28(2):153-161. doi: 10.1007/BF00345251.

Bioenergetics of the range caterpillar, Hemileuca oliviae (Ckll.).

Oecologia

T D Schowalter, W G Whitford, R B Turner

Affiliations

  1. Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, 88003, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
  2. Department of Botany and Entomology, New Mexico State University, 88003, Las Cruces, NM, USA.

PMID: 28309014 DOI: 10.1007/BF00345251

Abstract

The energy budget of the New Mexico range caterpillar, Hemileuca oliviae (Ckll.), was estimated on caterpillars reared on an artificial diet under constant conditions. There was a 54% average age-specific decrease in assimilation efficiency in the larval stages. Net production efficiency was relatively constant at 52%. Of the 26.77 cal/mg produced by the feeding larvae, 0.53 cal/mg were expended by the pupae and 0.59 cal/mg were expended by the adults. Since maintenance costs of the non-feeding stages accounted for only four percent of the larval production, that production was adequate for adult development and reproduction.

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