title: Bioenergetics of the range caterpillar, Hemileuca oliviae (Ckll.).
abstract: The energy budget of the New Mexico range caterpillar, Hemileuca oliviae (Ckll.), was estimated on caterpillars reared on an artificial diet under constant conditions. There was a 54% average age-specific decrease in assimilation efficiency in the larval stages. Net production efficiency was relatively constant at 52%. Of the 26.77 cal/mg produced by the feeding larvae, 0.53 cal/mg were expended by the pupae and 0.59 cal/mg were expended by the adults. Since maintenance costs of the non-feeding stages accounted for only four percent of the larval production, that production was adequate for adult development and reproduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, 88003, Las Cruces, NM, USA.|Department of Botany and Entomology, New Mexico State University, 88003, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Schowalter
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, 88003, Las Cruces, NM, USA.|Department of Botany and Entomology, New Mexico State University, 88003, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Whitford
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, 88003, Las Cruces, NM, USA.|Department of Botany and Entomology, New Mexico State University, 88003, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Turner