Fitness depends not only on resource uptake but also on the allocation of these resources to
various life history functions. This study explores the life-history consequences of larval diet …

Allocation of larval food resources affects adult morphology and fitness in holometabolous
insects. Here we explore the effects on adult morphology and female fitness of larval semi …

1. Effects of larval reserves and nutrients received as adults on fecundity and lifespan in
female Danaus plexippus (the Monarch Butterfly) were measured to determine the relative …

The resources available to an individual in any given environment are finite, and variation in
life history traits reflect differential allocation of these resources to competing life functions …

Physiological changes during insect ontogeny should be manifest in changes in nutrient
requirements and food preference. To investigate ontogenetic changes in food preference …

The question of whether breadth of diet in moths is associated with adaptations other than
host selection behaviour was explored, with particular reference to body size. Generalist …

Nutrient requirements by male and female insects are likely to differ, but relatively little is
known regarding how sexes differ in their regulation of macronutrient acquisition. The …

Newly‐emerged Spodoptera exempta (Walker)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) moths contain high
levels of lipid held largely in the abdominal fat body, the quantity depending on the larval …

Variation in food availability is likely to occur in the wild, and may affect resource allocation
to various life history traits. Quantitative adult diet restriction had no effect on life—span or …

We used a strain of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L.(Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), that
had been reared for approximately 350 generations in a precisely characterised …