%0 Journal Article
%T Embryonic Development and Eclosion Season of New Species <i>Berastagia</i> (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Taiwan
%A Tzu-Yang Weng
%A Wei Liang
%A Cian-Yi Lin
%A Cha-Hao Hsu
%A Ching-Jung Lin
%A Yih-Tsong Ueng
%J Natural Resources
%P 13-25
%@ 2158-7086
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/nr.2023.142002
%X This paper describes a new species of the snout moth </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Berastagia</span></i></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">tainanica</span></i></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Taiwan. From
2009 to 2016, a biology study was conducted on population dynamics and
embryonic development. Spring season is the peak of</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> the </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">eclosion of overwintering larvae or pupae. The average longevity of adult
was 14.8 ¡À 6.2 days (N = 174), the average number of eggs laid was 259 ¡À 3
eggs/moth (</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">N</span><i> </i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">= 2), the hatching rate of eggs was
95.4% (N = 262), and the average hatching time of eggs was 99.6 ¡À 18.6 hours (N
= 68). The average body length of males was 5.64 mm ¡À 0.91 mm (N = 30), and the
average body length of females was 6.28 mm ¡À 0.84 mm (N = 30). This finding
indicates that female snout moths are larger than males (Global R = 0.058, P =
0.012). The snout moth eclosion rate was 16.9 moths/100 pods in the first year
(2010/2011, N = 2</span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">224 pods) and 10.9 moths/100 pods in the second year (2014/2015, N = 6</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">382
pods). The pod borer rate was 31.8% (N = 707) and the seed borer rate was 41.2%
(N = 3</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">628) in the first year, whereas the pod borer rate
%K Phycitinae
%K New Species
%K Embryonic Development
%K Eclosion Season
%K Borer Damage Rate
%K Taiwan
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=124066