Abstract The Mediterranean flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae),
is one of the most important pests of stored products, especially damaging cereals. Besides …

Abstract Ephestia elutella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is a cosmopolitan and polyphagous pest
attack a wide variety of stored products. To better understand the effect of an artificial diet …

Parthenogenesis, a natural form of asexual reproduction produced from unfertilized eggs,
occurs in many insects in Hemiptera and Hymenoptera, but very rarely in Lepidoptera. The …

Socio-sexual environment can have critical impacts on reproduction and survival of animals.
Consequently, they need to prepare themselves by allocating more resources to competitive …

If the risk of larval competition is high and its consequence on offspring mortality is important,
we expect female behavioural strategies favouring the survival of their offspring to be …

Intraspecific competition and food shortage due to high population density during early life
can have a profound effect on adult fitness. Organisms often mitigate negative effects of high …

The conflict between sexual and natural selections on phenotypic traits is a central concern
of evolutionary biology. Body size is a key determinant of an animal's ecological and …

Dust derived from food processing can accumulate in places difficult to reach, where stored-
product pests could thrive. The purpose of this work was to verify the development of Plodia …

Abstract Rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) has been widely used as an efficient
alternative host for the mass rearing of many biocontrol agents. With aim to increase …

Male animals may adjust their resource allocations for reproduction and other fitness
functions in response to cues from rivals. For instance, adult males increase their investment …