Morphological characters and bionomics of Plodia interpunctella, a pest inBombus lucorumcolonies, breeding in captivity
Author of the article:AN Jian-Dong;GUO Zhan-Bao;LI Ji-Lian; LUO Qi-Hua, Wu Jie
Author's Workplace:Institute of Apiculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
Key Words:Bombus lucorum; Plodia interpunctella; morphological character; bionomics
Abstract:The bumblebee Bombus lucorum L. is a popular insect pollinator for crops cultivated in greenhouse in China, and the Indian meal moth. Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) is one of the main pests in B. lucorum colonies breeding in ca