parthenogenesis in Lepidoptera -Forwarded

[Diomedes Quintero]

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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 17:49:08 -0500
From: Diomedes Quintero <QUINTERD at tivoli.si.edu>
To: SIWP01.i.Multiple_recipients_of_list#034#TAXACOM#064#CMSA.BERKEY.EDU#034#@ic.si.edu
Cc: quinterd at tivoli.si.edu
Subject: parthenogenesis in Lepidoptera
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Dear colleagues:

Parthenogenesis appears to be a widespread phenomenon among insects
and it is common in several other animal groups. But I have not been
able to rear larvae from eggs laid by virgin lep females in the lab.
The eggs appear to be sterile.
My question: is parthenogenesis known from Lepidoptera? Can anyone
please send a published reference on the subject?
Many thanks.
Diomedes Quintero A.
Universidad de Panama, Museo de Invertebrados G.B. Fairchild &
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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