Sex Discrimination by Morphological Traits for Larvae and Pupae of Potato Tuber Moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Using Binocular Microscope | ||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology | ||
| Article 9, Volume 14, Issue 4, December 2021, Pages 109-116 PDF (798.93 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsa.2021.207224 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Salem Mohamed Salem1; Heba ehia Mady2; Maha Moustafa Ahmed2 | ||
| 1Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt | ||
| 2Zoology Department, Women’s College, Ain Shams University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The potato tuber worm, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is one of the most destructive potato pests in the world. Sexual differentiation is sometimes required to conduct investigations on sex-specific responses, mating, pesticide resistance inheritance, and sterile, Insect-Inherited, Sterility Technique and Control Tactics. The goal of this study was to use a binocular microscope to determine distinct morphological traits of immature stages male and female larvae (L.) and pupal stage (p.). We present a straight forward approach for sexing P. operculella in this paper. Male larvae were distinguished by the presence of dark-colored gonads that were plainly visible through the cuticle. The sex of a male pupa can be determined using a Binocular microscope by the appearance of dark-colored gonads on the dorsal side. Furthermore, the morphology of the genitalia opening at the end of the abdominal segment distinguishes males from females. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Phthorimaea operculella; potato tuber worm; morphological characteristics; Lepidoptera | ||
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