Open AccessDisease symptoms occurring in caterpillars of Malacosoma neustria L. (Lepidoptera) infected by some fungi
Author(s) -
Z. Machowicz-Stefaniak
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta mycologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2353-074X
pISSN - 0001-625X
DOI - 10.5586/am.1979.007
Subject(s) - beauveria bassiana , biology , lepidoptera genitalia , paecilomyces , metarhizium anisopliae , spore , botany , horticulture , larva , biological pest control
The infection of M. neustria caterpillars by Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill., Metarrhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorok., Paecilomyces farinosus (Dicks. ex Fr.) Brown et Smith, Verticillium lecanii (Zimm.) Viegas causes the decrease of their viability, paralysis and mummification of the body. Only in the case of B. bassiana the character distinguishing infection by this fungus are black spots on the surface of the cuticle. The easy development and aboundant spore formation of the above-mentioned hyphomycetous fungi on M. neustria facilitate the determination of the causes of the disease