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Life-history, Morphometries and Foliage Consumption of Epicampoptera andersoni g/auca Hmps.(:) on Robusta Coffee, canephora Pierre ex. Froehner (), at Idi-Ayunre, Ibadan, Nigeria

ANIKWE J.C. AND OKELANA, F.A. Entomology Division, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, P.M.B. 5244, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Niger. J. Entomo!' 23:34 - 36 (2006)

ABSTRACT The life history of Epicarnpoptera andersoni glauca Hmps. on robusta coffee, Coffea canephora Pierre ex. Froehner. was investigated in the laboratory at 27±2°C and 70-80% RH. Larvae moulted four or five times irrespective of the sex. Development from egg to adult was completed in an average of 26.3 days when larvae passed through five instars and in 31.7 days when larvae passed through six instars. The mean growth ratio, detenn ined from head capsule measurements, was 1.44. The sixth instar larva was the most voracious in feeding, consuming 86.45% of the leaf area offered per day.

INTRODUCTION 1985,1989). Platythyrea modes/a Emery The robusta coffee, Coffea canephora Pierre ex (Hymenoptera: Ponerinae) and Spodromantis lineola Froehner (Rubiaceae), is one of the widely cultivated (Dictyoptera: Mantidae). among others. have been coffee species in the middle belt and southern states reported to prey on E andersoni. of Nigeria. it accounts for about 94% of coffee Hand picking and subsequent destruction of the export from Nigeria (Williams, 1989). It is a more larvae, as well as application of insecticides such as vigorous and more productive cultivar than the Thiodan 35 EC, Elocron 50 WP and Decis have been arabica coffee (Coste, 1992). Presently, robusta reported to give effective control of Epicampoptera coffee is gaining ground in the world market because spp. (Okelana, 1989). of its high solubility and hence its use for the The biology, ecology and distribution of E production of instant coffee (Le Pelley, 1978). andersoni have been studied extensively elsewhere In Nigeria, coffee yield is not yet at its optimal (Le Pelley, 1978). In Nigeria, bio-ecological studies level because of pest infestation and damage. on E anderson! on robusta coffee are scanty. Idowu (1971) reported on the various insect pests of Knowledge of the biology and ecology of E. coffee and their contro!' Okelana (1989) reported that andersoni. and its natural enemies are basic to the two Epicampoptera spp. are a major pest of robusta development of meaningful, effective and coffee in Nigeria. One is E strand! Bryk. sub sp. ecologically-sound pest management programme. glauca and the other is E. anderson! Tams. sub sp. This paper reports on the life history, morphometries glauca. The former, commonly called the rat-tailed and foliage consumption of E. andersoni on C caterpiller or coffee leaf roller (Cambrony, 1992; canephora. Okelana, 1989), is the more destructive, occurring almost exclusively during the early rains (Mar. - \IATERIALS AND IVIETHODS Aug.) with a peak in July (Idowu. 1971). It causes Life-history Studies enormous defoliation resulting in yield reduction In May 2004, freshly laid eggs of E. andersoni, (Okelana, 1985, 1989). Epicampoptera spp. are recognized by their creamy colour, were collected by widespread in western and eastern Africa occurring detach ing the leaves on which they were laid in the mostly on coffee (Le Pelley, 1978). coffee germ plasm of CRIN Headquarters, Idi- Okelana (1985) studied the oviposition, hatching Ayunre, Ibadan (latitude 7° 30' N, longitude 3° 54' E, and parasitism of eggs of E strandi during an altitude of 200m above sea level). The annual outbreak on coppiced plots of C. canephora at the rainfall average 2000l11m and its distribution bimodal. Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) in 1982. The eggs were transferred into covered plastic Various natural enemies of the pest have been containers (l3x8x6cm), bearing a 3cm diameter hole, discovered and identified in CRIN. The eggs were covered by a fine nylon mesh (30 mesh/ern) on each parasitised by Telenomus sp. (Hymenoptera: of the four sides. They were incubated in ambient Scelionidae) while the larval and the pupal stages laboratory environment (27±2°C and 70-88% RH). were parasitised by Charops sp. (Hymenoptera: The base of the container was lined with moistened Ichneumonidae) and Tachina sp. (Diptera: cotton wool covered with filter paper. The leaf Tachinidae), respectively (Idowu, 1971; Okelana, surface bearing the eggs faced upwards. -

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Table 1. Body morphometries, head capsule width (mm± SE), growth ratio and duration of development of Epieampoptera ancIersoni on Coffea eanephora.

Growth stage Length Width Tail Width of vertex' Growth Development (rnm) (rnrn) (mm) (rnm) Ratio time (clays) [aa ce 1.04±0.02 0.60±0.0 I 3.50±0.02 15tinstar larva 4.l7±0.37 0.34±0.03 0.36±0.02f 2.35±0.11 2nd instar larva 10.05±0.45 0.70±0.10 0.51±0.02e 1.42 2.90±0.07 3rd instal' larva 16.25±0.28 I. IhO'(l9 3.60 0.82±0.0Id 1.61 3JlO±0.00 4th instal' larva 28.50±1.06 3.75=0.27 12.10 1.15±0.02c 1.40 3.05±0.09 5th instal' larva 36.13±1.04 5.74=0.14 14.00 l.58±0.0Ib 1.37 4.00±0.25 6th instal' larva 38.45± r.t 0 6.23=0.10 17.20 2.18±0.02a 1.38 5.40±0.22 Pupa 22.65±0.O7 6.04±().16 7.S0±0.19 Adult (Male) 22.83±0.12 4.55=0.03 (Female) 24.04±0.08 702±0 12 Mean growth ratio - l.44

"Means in a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different (P>O.OS) according to Turkey's Honestly Significant Difference (HSD).

Soon after hatching, 40 larvae were separately and abaxial surfaces. Freshly laid eggs were oval, transferred onto freshly cut coffee shoots dipped in smooth and creamy, the colour changing with age to water in a conical flask (250ml). The shoots. held in pinkish brown except where parasitized when the place firmly with the aid of cotton wool padding. colour changed to black. The eggs on the average were changed daily between 0700 and 0900hr; older were 1.04 rnm long by 0.60 mm wide. Incubation larvae were given more shoots. The flask (with shoot period averaged 3.50 days. and larvae) was placed in a rectangular white Upon eelosion, the 15t instar larvae were black container to facilitate detection of the cast head and actively motile. The larva averaged 4.17 mrn in capsules. Twenty of the larvae were exam ined length, its vertex and body width were appropriately nd th everyday for morphological description. After each equal. From the 2 - 6 instar, vertex width. was moult. cast head capsule width was measured. The approximately 1/3 - :y" the width of the body (Table I). growth ratio was determined for each larval instar by The 2nd instar was dark green and it was more than 2 dividing the mean width of vertex of one instar with x the length and width of the 15t instal'. The swollen the one preceding it (Emehute and Odiete, 1991; bulb on the dorsal part of the thorax had become Ewete, 1990). distinct. A batch of 30 eggs was also reared to adults and The 3rd instar was lighter than the 2nd instal' and the percentages of male and female that passed had faint yellow markings on green background. through five and six larval instars were computed. The thorax was bulbous and shining green. During development width of the vertex of each Increases in length and width over the 2nd instal' were larval instar was measured. The data were subjected 6.20 and 0.44 mm, respectively. A distinct tail 3.60 to one-way analysis of variance and significantly mrn in length, emanate from the lower end of the different means were separated using Turkey's abdomen. Honestly Significant Difference (P<0.05) (Gomez The 4th instal' was approximately 2 x the size of and Gomez. 1984). the 3 rd instar; by the s" instar color had changed to black and the size increased moderately over the 4th th Damage Assessment Studies instal' (length 1.3 x and width 1.5 x). The 6 instar Ten one-day old larvae of E andersoni were was black measuring 32.4 mrn in length and 6.2 mrn introduced separately onto freshly plucked robusta in width. Just before pupation, the last instar rolled coffee leaves, which were scanned with a leaf area itself inside the leaf. The pupa was dark brown meter (Model Cl - 202) before and 24 hr after they measuring 22.6 mm in length and 6.0 mrn in width at were fed to the larvae. The area defol iated was the widest point of the pupal case. Emerged moths expressed as a percentage of the whole leaf area. were dusty brown, the male being smaller than the female. 5t RESULT Developmental duration in the 1 - 4th larval th Life-history and Morphometries instars was 2 - 3 days, the Sth and 6 larval instal'S Table 1 shows developmental duration and and the pupa required longer duration, 4.0, 5.4 and morphometries of E andersoni reared on robusta 7.5 days, respectively. coffee leaves. Moths laid eggs singly on both adaxial -

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The frequency of moulting, and consequently the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT number of larval instars, varied; some larvae passed We are grateful to the Executive Director, Cocoa through five instars before pupation whilst others Research Institute of Nigeria, for the permission to passed through six instal's. In the batch of 30 larvae publish this paper. Many thanks to Mr. \·I.A. reared, 33% of the females passed through six instars Olayiwola and Mrs. M.A. Akande for their technical whereas 83% of the males passed through five stars. assistance. The l " instal' larvae caused minimal damage as they just scrapped the upper epidermal layer of coffee REFEREENCES leaves. Approximately 1.8% of the leaf area supplied Carnbrony, H.R. 1992. Coffee Crowing. The Tropical nd to 1st instar larvae was consumed. In the 2 instar, Agriculturalist. CTA and Macmillan Press Ltd., larvae started to eat the lamina from the edge and on London, l19pp the average consumed 3 x the area consumed by the Coste, R. 1992. Coffee, The Plant and the Products. 1st instal' larvae (Table 2). From the 3'd instal' on. The Macmillan Press Ltd., UK. 328pp. th larvae fed voraciously with the s'" and 6 instars Emehute, J.K.U. and Odiete, W.O. 1991. Some consuming 84.4 - 86.4% of the leaf area supplied. aspects of the biology of Conchyloctenia nigrisparsa Boh. (Coleoptera: Chrysornelidae), DISCUSSION a sweet potato defoliator in Southern Nigeria. Epicampoptera andersoni completed its Nigerian Journal of Entomology 12:25-34. development from egg to adult on leaf of robusta Ewete, F.K. 1990. The immature stages and coffee in the laboratory in 26.3 days (for larvae chaetotaxy of Acrea terpischore L. (Lepidoptera: passing through five instars) and 31.7 days (for larvae Nymphalidae).Journal of African Zoology 104:191- passing through six instars). The short developmental 199. period coupled with its high fecundity, high foliage Gomez, K.A. and Gomez, A.A. 1984. Statistical consumption, especially in the last instal', and total Procedures for Agricultural Research, 2nd ed., yield loss in an outbreak situation make the insect an John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 680pp. econom ic pest which deserves immediate attention. Idowu, O.L. 1971. Report on work done on coffee The head capsule measurements increased by an Entomology as a Research Officer-in-Training average factor of 1.44. This agreed with Dyars law (1968-1971) at Cocoa Research Institute of (Ewete, 1990; Emehute and Odiette, 1991; Nigeria, Ibadan. 24pp. Wigglesworth, 1965). Measurement of head capsule Lepelley, R. H. 1978. Pests of Coffee. Longmans, width would make separation of larvae into instars Green and Co. Ltd., 590 pp more accurate than other morphometric parameters. th Okelana. F.A. 1985. Oviposition pattern, hatching The 6 instar larva was the most destructive with and parasitism of eggs of Epicampoptera strandi 86.45% of leaf area consumed in a day by a larva. Bryk. Sub. sp. glauca Hmps. (Lepidoptera: Th is corroborates the visual observations made by Drepanidae) on coffee in Nigeria. Cafe. Cacao. Okelana (1989) of the destructive capacity of the The 24 (4): 273-276. mature larvae and consequent impact especially Okelana, F.A. 1989. Bio-ecology and control of during severe infestations. Since larvae were always insect pests of coffee. In: Progress in Tree Crop found on the abaxial surface of coffee leaves, control Research. 2nu ed .. Cocoa Research Institute of with contact insecticides and/or components with Nigeria, lbadan. Nigeria, pp.152-16S. anti feed ant properties should be explored along with Willian~s. l.A. 1989. Coffee breeding in Nigeria, In: the natural enemies of this pest. Progress in Tree Crop Research, 2nd ed. Cocoa Res~arch Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria. pp.I27-1.:l0. Table 2. Mean percentage leaf area consumed Wiazlesworth. V.B. 1965. The Principles of Insect by larvae of Epic([l11pOplera andersoni. ~Physiology, 6th ed., Methuen, London. 741 pp. L'arval Leaf area consumed (cm2) % of total instal' Mean" Rance leaf area )'t instar 2.14 0.62-751 1.8 2nd instar 12.15 7.98-13.02 5.4 3,d instar 17.56 15.34- 19.22 25.31 4th instar 22.45 19.98-24.60 61.0 5th instal' 27.90 26.15-29.88 84.4 6th instar 33.87 31.0S-35.40 86.4 a Mean of 10 larvae 37

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