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Study of lipid content in male and female of the red pumpkin beetle, Aulacophora foveicollis (Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera)
Reena Bahan and Shashidhar Singh
Year : 2020 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 242-243
Received on: 10/06/2020
Revised on: 10/14/2020
Accepted on: 10/16/2020
Published on: 10/30/2020
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Reena Bahan and Shashidhar Singh( 2020).
Study of lipid content in male and female of the red pumpkin beetle, Aulacophora foveicollis (Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera)
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 5( 5), 242-243.
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Abstract
Aulacophora foveicollis, commonly called “red pumpkin beetle” is a pest of vegetables of cucurbitaceae family e.g. pumpkin or kaddu, ghia torai, tinda, cucumber, etc. The lipid content of male and female individuals of A. forveicollis was extracted and the average weight of lipids in the insect body and their percentages was calculated. It was found that the weight of lipid content and its percentage in the body of a male was 1.81 mg (approx.) and 6.87% respectively and in female it was 1.65 mg (approx.) and 6.45% respectively. Thus the percentage of lipid content in male was slightly higher than in the female.
Keywords
Lipid content, Aulacophora foveicollis, Pest, Vegetables, Cucurbitaceae family.
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