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The Wax Moth Pheromone, Moth Influence, and Associated Glands

2023
The wax moth male secretes various pheromones to attract the female for mating. The volatiles induce species-specific influence, which modulates the behaviour of other members of the same species. The primary pheromones include nonanal and undecanal, hexanal, heptanal, octanal, decanal, undecanol, and 6, 10, 14 - trimethylpentadecanon-2.
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Wax moth Galleria mellonella: Blessing or blight

Journal of Entomological Research, 2021
AbstractWax moth is the ubiquitous pest of honeybees globally. Wax moth larva could be a terrible menace to the beekeepers as it turns the entire wax combs to a pile of debris and frass. Wax moth larva is a voracious eater tends to feed on wax combs, cast off larval bee skin, pollen, brood and honey more seriously forcing entire colony to abscond ...
Neha Rana, null Lovleen
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The Possible Wax Moth Infestation Regulation

2023
The wax moth infestation can be controlled with various physical, chemical, and biological methods. As the wax moth is a typical lepidopteran insect that is poikilothermic, exposing multiple developmental stages and imagoes to extremely low and higher temperatures can provide a solution for the specific pest infestation.
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Green management of wax moth: A devastating pest of apiculture

Journal of Entomological Research, 2021
AbstractGreater Wax moth (Galleria mellonella) and lesser wax moth (Achroia grisella F.) are destructive pests of apiculture and consequently specific pest causes great economic loss to beekeeping industries worldwide annually. Wax moth found almost all part of the world. In the recent year, synthetic chemicals are used to protect the bee comb from the
Vinita Paulina Topno, null Lovleen
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Immunity of the greater wax mothGalleria mellonella

Insect Science, 2016
AbstractInvestigation of insect immune mechanisms provides important information concerning innate immunity, which in many aspects is conserved in animals. This is one of the reasons why insects serve as model organisms to study virulence mechanisms of human pathogens.
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Eye disk differentiation in the wax moth: Induction in vitro

Journal of Experimental Zoology, 1975
AbstractEcdysterone‐induced differentiation of Galleria mellonella compound eyes in vitro is critically dependent on the age of the donor. It is greatest in explants from young prepupae, decreases with increasing donor age, and is absent in explants from 4–6 hour pupae.
P, Woolever, R L, Pipa
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Wax Removal and Diamondback Moth Performance in Collards Cultivars

Neotropical Entomology, 2017
The diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) is an herbivorous specialist on Brassicaceae species. Brassicas spp. plants developed a range of defenses (chemical, physical, and morphological) to prevent herbivores attack.
G A, Silva, R M, Pereira, N, Rodrigues-Silva, T C, Souza, D O, Ferreira, E A, Queiroz, G A R, Silva, M C, Picanço   +7 more
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Microbial toxin activity on larvae of the gypsy moth and greater wax moth

Zeitschrift für Angewandte Entomologie, 1978
AbstractThe activity of four mycotoxins extracted fromBeauveria bassiana, Paecilomyces fumosoroseusandNomuraearileyi and a bacterial exotoxin ofBacillus thuringiensisvar.thuringiensiswere assayed for activity on larvae of the greater wax moth and the gypsy moth.
S. S. Wasti, G. C. Hartmann
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Energetic cost of sexual attractiveness: ultrasonic advertisement in wax moths

Animal Behaviour, 1998
Pair formation in the lesser wax moth, Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is initiated by male ultrasonic signals that attract receptive females. Individual males vary in attractiveness to females, and the most attractive males are distinguished by exaggeration of three signal characters: pulse rate, peak amplitude and asynchrony interval ...
Greenfield, M.D., Jang, Y., Broce, A., Reinhold, Klaus   +3 more
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Biodegradation of plastics by wax moths: A review

Journal of Entomological Research
AbstractPlastic pollution is a global ecological disturbance occasioned by the instances of existence of manmade plastics such as polyethylene, polystyrene and polyvinyl chloride that are present in the natural habitat. Conventional disposal ways like landfilling, incineration and recycling have remained inadequate and costly and/or environmentally ...
Richa Singh, Lovleen Marwaha, Mita Chakraborty, Anamika Dhiman   +3 more
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