The influence of parasitism on the life history of a high arctic insect, Gynaephora groenlandica (Wöcke) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Kukal, Olga, Kevan, Peter G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Alexandra Fiord
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z87-022; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z87-022

The life history of Gynaephora groenlandica was studied in the high arctic at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island. Life history events (larval development, pupation, adult emergence, mating, oviposition, hatching, and moulting to the second larval instar) occurred only in the 3–4 weeks before mid-July...