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Tethered flight of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Peeter Päts  and
Staffan Wiktelius
Peeter Päts
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant and Forest Protection, Box 7044, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
Staffan Wiktelius
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant and Forest Protection, Box 7044, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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Abstract

Static tethered flight was used under laboratory conditions to investigate the flight duration of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe). A flight mill was used to measure flight velocity. Mated females flew for a longer time than unmated ones. Females also flew for a longer time than males. Mated females were able to fly and lay eggs alternately for at least three nights in a row. Flight did not affect the number of eggs deposited by females. The results from the flight mill show that the mill is an accurate device to measure flight velocity. The airspeed of C. partellus proved to be 0.9 m/s, and there appeared to be no difference between the flight velocity of mated or unmated males and females.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 79 , Issue 1 , March 1989 , pp. 109 - 114
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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