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Lipid composition of the pecan weevil, Curculio caryae (Horn)
Author(s) -
Henson R. D.,
Thompson A. C.,
Gueldner R. C.,
Mody N. V.,
Neel W. W.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02533154
Subject(s) - weevil , lipidology , linoleic acid , fatty acid , phospholipid , food science , oleic acid , curculio , french horn , clinical chemistry , composition (language) , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , curculionidae , botany , membrane , psychology , pedagogy , linguistics , philosophy
The lipids of larvae, male adults, and female adults of the pecan weevil, Curculio caryae (Horn), were studied, and special attention was given the fatty acid composition. The larvae contained an unusually high amount of lipid material (40.6%), most of it concentrated in the neutral lipid fraction. Male and famale adults contained more conventional quantities, 5.8 and 8.2%, respectively. Oleic acid was the major fatty acid in the total and neutral lipids of all stages; linoleic acid was the most abundant in the phospholipid fractions.