Alabama argillacea (Hubner, 1823)

Santos, Andrezo Adenilton, Wanderley-Teixeira, Valéria, Cruz, Glaucilane dos Santos, Navarro, Daniela Maria do Amaral Ferraz, Alves, Luiz Carlos, Brayner, Fábio André & Teixeira, Álvaro Aguiar Coelho, 2019, Ultrastructure of the antennal sensilla of Alabama argillacea (Hübner, 1823) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 63 (2), pp. 141-148 : 143

Alabama argillacea breeding

Insects were obtained from the breeding stock of the Laboratory of Insects’ Physiology. They were kept at a temperature of 25.2 ± 1.4 ◦ C, a relative humidity of 67 ± 0.7%, and a photophase of 12 h. The caterpillars were fed daily with cotton leaves of the cultivar BRS Safira. The adults were kept in a PVC cage that was 15 cm in diameter by 20 cm in length and was internally coated with sulfite paper as a substrate for oviposition. The adults were fed with a 10% honey solution, along with a 1:1 mixture of yeast and honey.