Ephestia


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Noun1.Ephestia - small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food productsEphestia - small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products
genus Ephestia
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
family Pyralidae, family Pyralididae, Pyralidae, Pyralididae - bee moths; corn borers; flour moths
cacao moth, Ephestia elutella, tobacco moth - small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products
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Effect of temperature on average life span of Ephestia cautella.
Effects of Temperature on the Development of Ephestia cautella (Walker) (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera): A Case Study for its Possible Control Under Storage Conditions
Genetic sexing strains have so far not been developed for Lepidoptera, with the exception of balanced lethal strains for the silkworm, Bombyx mori (L.) (Lepidoptera; Bombycidae), and the Mediterranean flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), following the scheme of Strunnikov (1975).
Methods to separate Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) males from females for the implementation of sterile insect-inherited sterility technique control tactics
Ephestia kuehniella (Zeller), Corcyra cephalonica (Strainton) Antheraea pernyi (Guerin- Meneville) and Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus) used (Smith, 1996; Bernardi et al., 2000).
Effect of Cereals on the Development of Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and Subsequent Quality of the Egg Parasitoid, Trichogramma chilonis (Ishii) (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)
Dlcyphus hesperus Knight (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) could complete development and reproduction on mullein with or without Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) eggs.
Impact of food diversity on biological parameters of Apolygus lucorum (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae)
Nickle (1979) used four orderly growth which are hydroprene, methoperene ,diflubenzuron, and MV-678 to control Ephestia cautella (Walker) on peanut, they found that increasing of concentration leads to decreasing adult emergence
Effect of Different Applicable Conditions of the Insect Growth Regulator (Cyromazine) on the Southern Cowpea Weevils, Callosobruchus maculatus Reared on Peas
The parasitoid could be reared in various lepidopteran insect eggs such as Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) (Pyralidae), Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Pyralidae), Antheraea pernyi Guerin-Meneville (Saturniidae), or Samia cynthia ricini Boisduval (Saturniidae).
Biochemical analyses of Trichogramma dendrolimi (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in vitro and in vivo rearing for 10 generations
In another study Hydroprene, Methoperane, Diflubenzuron and MV-678 were used to control Ephestia cautella (Walker) on peanuts.
Overlap Effects of Cyromazine Concentration, Treatment Method and Rearing Temperature on Southern Cowpea Weevil Callosobruchus maculatus Reared on Mung Bean
Comparative study of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Aa and Cry1Ac delta-endotoxin activation, inactivation and insitu histopathological effect in Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).
Synergism Between Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Aa Against Earias vitella (Lepidoptera)
Similar results were noted with Zelus exsanguis Stal attacking Ephestia kuehniella Zeller and Drosophila spp.
Effect of Zelus longipes (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) and its parasitoid Tamarixia radiata (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) under controlled conditions
Inherited sterility in Mediterranean flour moth Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): effect of gamma radiation doses on insect fecundity fertility and developmental period.
Bioactivities of Different Essential Oils Against The Adults of Two Stored Product Insects
(2001) (86.8 d), in which specimens were maintained at 22[degrees]C, 75% RH and 16:8 h L:D photoperiod and were fed Mysus percicae, Aphis phabae and eggs of Ephestia kuehniella (Zeller, 1879) (Lepidoptera, Pyralidade); and by Castro et al.
Life table analysis and consumption capacity for Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), feeding on Cinara atlantica (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
Similar findings were recorded by Barrer (1976) for Ephestia cautella and Huang and Subramanyam (2003) for P.
Effect of Age on Reproduction and Sex Ratio of Plodia interpunctella (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

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