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{"title":"Evaluation of Malaria Transmission and Vector Control Strategies in the Dry Season in the Cotonou V Health Zone, Benin, West Africa","authors":"T. Filémon, Ossè Razaki, Zannou Ahissou Robert Franck, Alapini Marlène, Sare Dabou Zoulkifilou, Houessinon Festus, G. Idayath, Sominahoun André, Akogbeto Martin","doi":"10.4236/ae.2023.113012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ae.2023.113012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":58873,"journal":{"name":"昆虫学(英文)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70484889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of the Effectiveness of “Electron Go out Mosquito Small Lamp” in Disease Vector Mosquito Control Benin West Africa","authors":"Tatchémè Filémon Tokponnon, P. Gbaguidi, Zannou Ahissou Robert Franck, R. Ossè, Sébastien Koudénoukpo, Mazaire Bata, Sare Dabou Zoulkifilou, Houessinon Festus, G. Idayath, M. Akogbéto","doi":"10.4236/ae.2023.112008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ae.2023.112008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":58873,"journal":{"name":"昆虫学(英文)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70484780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contribution to the Knowledge of the Afrotropical Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae): A New Species from Saudi Arabia, New Combinations and Distributional Updates","authors":"M. Seizmair","doi":"10.4236/ae.2023.113016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ae.2023.113016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":58873,"journal":{"name":"昆虫学(英文)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70484956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Inventory and Biodiversity of the Entomofauna Associated with Shea Fruits (<i>Vitellaria paradoxa</i> C. F. Gaertn), an Important Non-Timber Forest Product in the Ziro Province of Burkina Faso","authors":"S. Kambou, Koï Wenceslas Kam, M. E. Ilboudo, D. H. Kientega, A. Sanon, Z. Ilboudo","doi":"10.4236/ae.2023.111003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ae.2023.111003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":58873,"journal":{"name":"昆虫学(英文)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70484512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of Artificial and Corn Leaves Diets on Development, Survival and Reproduction of <i>Spodoptera frugiperda</i> (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Sierra Leone","authors":"A. Sundufu, J. Norman, A. Samura, S. J. Torto, D. D. Quee, Marco David Tarawallie, Raymonda A B Johnson, M. Saffa, Sahr Ggoba Fomba, Memuna Mansaray","doi":"10.4236/ae.2023.112007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ae.2023.112007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":58873,"journal":{"name":"昆虫学(英文)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70484773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diversity and Genetic Structuration of Populations of Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera, Plutellidae), Cabbage Farming Destroyer in Senegal","authors":"T. Diome, M. Faye, M. Seck, Cheikh Tidiane Niass, M. Sembéne","doi":"10.4236/ae.2022.101001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ae.2022.101001","url":null,"abstract":"Plutella xylostella, pointed out as the most dangerous destroyer of cabbage (Brassica olerarea), is a cosmopolitan species. In fact, owing to its large capacity of adaptation, P. xylestella colonizes any kind of area. This insect can bring about up to 90% of losses on cabbage farming. To control the insect, Senegalese farmers, very often, resort to high dose of chemical pesticides which are repetitively sprayed. The use of these chemical products gives rise to different varieties of resistant insects, which results in the emergence of different haplotypes between populations. It is in such a context that this study has been undertaken. Our objective is then to contribute to the knowledge of the genetic diversity of P. xylostella populations in Senegal. To hit the target, PCR-Sequencing method has been applied on samples from the five following localities: Diofior, Malika, Mboro, Santh Ndong, and Sebikotane. P. xylostella from Mboro is genetically different from the other populations. This fact could be due to a different way of using pesticides in this area vis-à-vis of the other localities. On the other hand, between populations of P. xylostella from Diofior, Malika, Santh","PeriodicalId":58873,"journal":{"name":"昆虫学(英文)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70483968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparative Evaluation of the Regular Ovitrap vs an Innovated Larvitrap for Aedes Entomological Surveillance in Tapachula","authors":"Walter Eduardo Quezada-Yaguachi, Américo D. Rodríguez, Francisco Solis-Santoyo, Alma D López-Solis, William C. Black IV, Karla Saavedra-Rodriguez, Diego Morales-Viteri, Patricia Penilla-Navarro","doi":"10.4236/ae.2022.101006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ae.2022.101006","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: The objective is to compare a regular ovitrap versus an innovated larvitrap for monitoring Aedes spp. populations. Materials and Methods: A total of 20 regular ovitraps and 20 innovated larvitraps were placed in pairs in 20 houses from the 5 de Febrero neighborhood in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. The innovation consisted in the incorporation of a valve in the lower part of a half tire to drain the contents in a 2 L collection container. The evaluation was carried out during five weeks, collecting eggs and larvae from the ovitraps and innovated larvitraps, respectively. Positivity indexes and insectary production of adult Aedes spp. mosquitoes were compared by collection type. Results: Average positivity index for the five weeks period were 60% for ovitraps and 91.25% for innovated larvitraps. During the five weeks, 4043 Ae. aegypti and 703 Ae. albopictus adult mosquitoes were produced in the insectary from the eggs collected from ovitraps, while from innovated larvitraps were 9014 Ae. aegypti, 1205 Ae. albopictus, and 15 Culex spp. Conclusion: Collection by the innovated larvitrap was more efficient, collecting 3.56 times more Ae. aegypti than with ovitraps, using approximately the same effort in time for replacing the filter paper from traditional 1 L ovitraps. Since the logistics for the storage and placement of larvitraps may still be a disadvantage in comparison with ovitraps, their use could be specifically intended in sentinel sites for mosquito population monitoring for entomological surveillance purposes. †Co-author Americo Rodriguez passed away a year ago. How to cite this paper: Quezada-Yaguachi, W.E., Rodriguez, A.D., Solís-Santoyo, F., Lopez-Solis, A.D., Black IV, W.C., Saavedra-Rodriguez, K., Morales-Viteri, D. and Penilla-Navarro, P. (2022) Comparative Evaluation of the Regular Ovitrap vs an Innovated Larvitrap for Aedes Entomological Surveillance in Tapachula. Advances in Entomology, 10, 77-84. https://doi.org/10.4236/ae.2022.101006 Received: October 21, 2021 Accepted: January 3, 2022 Published: January 6, 2022 Copyright © 2022 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","PeriodicalId":58873,"journal":{"name":"昆虫学(英文)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70484070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparative Morphometry of the Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky Populations (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Infesting Yellow Maize in Four West African Countries","authors":"Adiouma Georges Robert Jacques Sarr, Cheikh Abdou Khadre Mbacké Dia, T. Diome, Pape Mbacké Sembène","doi":"10.4236/ae.2022.101007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ae.2022.101007","url":null,"abstract":"Sitophilus zeamais is a primary pest of stored maize, which can cause quality and quantity losses. Maize is cultivated in several West African countries where different agro-climatic and agro-ecological conditions exist. These conditions could influence the Sitophilus zeamais morphology. Thus, the purpose of this study is to identify the Sitophilus zeamais morphological groups in the four countries. This was carried out through the morphometric study of 30 male Sitophilus zeamais individuals taken from the yellow maize in each country, by measuring with a binocular magnifying glass, 16 variables of the different tagmas belonging to the insect. Subsequently, statistical analyses were firstly carried out with the raw measurements, such as the principal component analysis, in order to extract the contribution of the variables on each factorial axis and to visualise the correlations between the variables. Taking the case of the transformed measurements, in addition to the principal component analysis, a discriminant factorial analysis was carried out to find out the best factor for gathering individuals according to their morphology, a confusion matrix to summarise the individual’s reclassification in order to deduce the good and bad classification rates, and an ascending hierarchical classification which consists of gathering the individuals according to their similarity and separating them according to their dissimilarity using the truncation method. Therefore, five morphological groups were identified. However, the existence of these morphological groups would not be linked to agro-ecological, climatic conditions and to the geographical remoteness between countries. How to cite this paper: Sarr, A.G.R.J., Dia, C.A.K.M., Diome, T. and Sembene, P.M. (2022) Comparative Morphometry of the Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky Populations (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Infesting Yellow Maize in Four West African Countries. Advances in Entomology, 10, 85-98. https://doi.org/10.4236/ae.2022.101007 Received: September 23, 2021 Accepted: January 3, 2022 Published: January 6, 2022 Copyright © 2022 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access A. G. R. J. Sarr et al. DOI: 10.4236/ae.2022.101007 86 Advances in Entomology","PeriodicalId":58873,"journal":{"name":"昆虫学(英文)","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70484395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Metabolic Changes during Acclimation and Hardening to Heat and Drought Stress in Zaprionus indianus","authors":"Aditya Moktan Tamang, R. Parkash, Raj Kamal Srivastava, Padmasana Singh","doi":"10.4236/ae.2022.101009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ae.2022.101009","url":null,"abstract":"The survival ability of insects can be limited with the changes in the levels of energy metabolites under stressful conditions but only a few studies have considered the plastic effects of heat and related climatic factors relevant to tropical habitats. The objectives of our study were to determine whether adults of Zaprionus indianus are capable of rapid heat hardening (RHH) and rapid desiccation hardening (RDH) and to compare its benefits with heat acclimation (HA) and desiccation acclimation (DA). Adult flies reared under season-specific simulated conditions were subjected to 38˚C for RHH and 32˚C for HA, while 5% relative humidity (RH) was maintained for RDH and 40% RH for DA. Stress-induced effects of heat and desiccation on the levels of five metabolites namely cuticular lipids (CL), total body lipids (TBL), protein, proline, and carbohydrates were then estimated by biochemical method. Different duration of heat hardening and acclimation led to more accumulation of CL whereas different durations of desiccation hardening and acclimation revealed less accumulation. In contrast, there was an accumulation of carbohydrates and protein under desiccation hardening and acclimation whereas there was the utilization of carbohydrates and protein under heat hardening and acclimation. However, mixed results were observed on the level of proline and TBL under both heat and desiccation stress. These stress-triggered changes in the levels of various metabolites suggest a possible link between heat and desiccation tolerance. Hence, these compensatory changes in the level of various metabolites also suggest possible energetic homeostasis in Z. indianus living under harsh climatic conditions of heat and drought in tropical regions.","PeriodicalId":58873,"journal":{"name":"昆虫学(英文)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70484476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Outbreak, Distribution and Damage Characteristics of Cocoa Stem Borer, <i>Eulophonotus myrmeleon</i> Felder 1874 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) in Major Cocoa Producing States in Nigeria","authors":"E. B. Kingsley-Umana, Uche Evarestus Asogwa, I. Mokwunye","doi":"10.4236/ae.2022.102013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ae.2022.102013","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to ascertain the extent of the cocoa stem borer Eulophonotus myrmeleon distribution, outbreak, and damage to the cocoa plantations in six cocoa growing states in Nigeria. Three local government areas were selected from each of the six major cocoa states and three farms from each local government area. In each farm, 100 cocoa trees were randomly selected and in-spected for symptoms and damages of E. myrmeleon. The result revealed that E. myrmeleon infestation has increased significantly (p = 0.01, df = 1, F = 41.77) in 2019 by 10% from the 2014 inspection. It also showed that the infestation level was significantly different from state to state. Symptoms of infestation include presence of entry/exit holes, woody exudates around the trees, yellowing and browning of the leaves. Damages caused by E. myrmeleon infestation are, loses of pod on the affected branch and tree and death of tree. Field observations showed clearly that stem borer is now becoming a serious problem and limiting considerably the production of cocoa in the region. It is time to give more attention to the biology and management of the pest. This is the first report detailing the symptoms and damage done by cocoa stem borers in Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":58873,"journal":{"name":"昆虫学(英文)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70484138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}