Consumption by lepidopteran larvae feeding on wild soybean, Glycine soja Sieb. et Zucc

Abstract

Wild soybean consumption by four species of lepidopteran larvae was investigated to get basic data for an environmental assessment of Bt soybean. Fourteen species were preliminarily tested. The leaf area eaten by the last instar larvae were 295, 33.2, 17.3 and 16.3 cm² for Cifuna locuples confuse, Pleuroptya ruralis, Paragabara ochreipennis and Archips semistructa, respectively.