Q189
Which of the following is attracted to green light?
A.
Lesser grain borer
B.
Red flour beetle
C.
Cigarette beetle
D.
Corcyra
AnswerAnswer: Option D
Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Corcyra is attracted to green light.The rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica, is used as the laboratory host of Trichogramma. Eggs of C. cephalonica were found to be superior to other hosts in the quality of mass-reared parasitoids.
The eggs of these insects are used as diet to mass multiply the bio-agent like Trichogramma spp.