Lipoproteins and molecules for pattern recognition are centrally important in the innate immune response of both vertebrates and invertebrates. Mammalian apolipoproteins such as apolipoprotein E (apoE) are involved in LPS detoxification, phagocytosis, and possibly pattern recognition. The multifunctional insect protein, apolipophorin III (apoLp-III), is homologous to apoE. In this study we desc...

To isolate potential insect biocontrol agents, entomogenous nematodes were surveyed in Tennessee plant nurseries in 1991. Soil samples from 113 nursery sites were baited with greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella) larvae, house cricket (Acheta domesticus) adults, lesser mealworm (Alphitobius diaperings) adults, and house fly (Musca domestica) larvae. Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and Steinernem...

Environ. Entomol. 19(5): 1566-1571 (1990) ABSTRACT The dispersal and survival of neonate diamondback moth larvae, Plutella xylostella (L.), were measured on normal bloom susceptible 'Round-Up' cabbage and a resistant genotype descended from glossy cauliflower, PI 234599. During the first 24 h after hatching, neonate P. xylostella dispersed more rapidly and initiated fewer mines on the resistant...

Bioassays were carried out in the laboratory to determine the virulence of two Beauveria bassiana indigenous isolates on the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella. LC50 and LT50 values were taken as indices for the efficacy of fungal isolates, designated as Bb1 and Bb2, collected from Ismailia governorate in Egypt and isolated from soil and trap larvae of G. mellonella, respectively. The larvae ...

the mill moth, ephestia kuehniella zeller and indian meal moth, plodia interpunctella (hubner) are two injuriously important pests of stored products worldwide. harobracon hebetor (say) has been used as a biological control agent of moth’s larva in peanut storehouses and as well in packaged cereal products. in the present study, the efficacy of h. hebetor in parasitizing larva of the mill moth ...

Since the fruits and leaves of Olive (Olea europea) tree, which grows naturally in Mediterranean countries, are thought to be beneficial for many diseases, it is widely used folk medicine these countries. leaf extract has been treatment diseases such as malaria, high fever, heart cancer. The greater wax moth Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) frequently invertebrate immunity studies d...

Burkholderia is an important bacterial genus with a complex taxonomy that contains species of both ecological and pathogenic importance, including nine closely related species collectively termed the Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC). In order to more thoroughly investigate the virulence of this bacterial complex of microorganisms, alternative infection models would be useful. To this end, we ...

An evolutionary war is being played out between the bat, which uses ultrasonic calls to locate insect prey, and the moth, which uses microscale ears to listen for the approaching bat. While the highest known frequency of bat echolocation calls is 212 kHz, the upper limit of moth hearing is considered much lower. Here, we show that the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella, is capable of hearing...