Quantitative staging of embryonic development of the tobacco hawkmoth,Manduca sexta

Kendal S Broadie; Michael Bate; Nathan J Tublitz

doi:10.1007/BF01705925

Quantitative staging of embryonic development of the tobacco hawkmoth,Manduca sexta

Rouxs Arch Dev Biol. 1991 Jun;199(6):327-334. doi: 10.1007/BF01705925.

Authors

Kendal S Broadie¹, Michael Bate², Nathan J Tublitz¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, 97403, Eugene, OR, USA.
² Dept. of Zoology, University of Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, Cambridge, England.

PMID: 28305436
DOI: 10.1007/BF01705925

Abstract

A complete timetable of embryonic development of the tobacco hawkmoth,Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), is presented. Using living embryos, 20 developmental stages from oviposition to hatching are described with respect to their morphological and physiological maturation. This staging series provides a simple method to identify the stage ofManduca development during all phases of embryogenesis.

Keywords: Developmental entomology; Insect embryogenesis; Insect neurodevelopment; Invertebrate development; Lepidopteran development; Manduca sexta.