出版社：Faculdade de Biociências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
摘要：Biological aspects of Tolype ventriosa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae) in laboratory
The objective of this work was to observe some biological aspects of Tolype ventriosa Draudt, 1927. The insects were reared in an acclimated room under 25 ± 1° C, 70 ± 20% UR and photofase of 14 h. The caterpillars were fed with brazilian pepper-tree (Schinus terebenthifolius Raddi – Anacardiaceae). The average incubation period of the eggs was 65,2 days, the caterpillar and pupae
periods lasted 162,6 and 58,5 days, respectively, and the mean adult longevity was 6,8 days. Several evidences suggest that it is an univoltine species, specially due to the fact that adults, in the nature, occurs only in the summer and begining of fall, overwinters as a diapausing eggs. The urticant ability of caterpillars and cocoons are also detected.
