LET5813 - Insect Biology

Credit hours

Instructor
Aline Sartori Guidolin
José Roberto Postali Parra
Lessando Moreira Gontijo

Objective
To teach and instruct postgraduate students on the fundamentals and applicability of insect biology,
nutrition, and rearing. To provide knowledge of insect rearing on artificial diets as compared to rearing
on natural diets to support research activities throughout the year. To develop skills to evaluate the
biotic and abiotic factors that influence insect biology, nutrition, and rearing. To promote critical and
logical thinking among Postgraduate Students, and encourage the rigorous and innovative
implementation of the knowledge covered in the discipline.

Content
Importance of Insect Biology, Nutrition and Rearing; Development and Metamorphosis of Insects; Insect
Life History; Dimorphism and Diapause in Insects; Importance of Abiotic and Biotic Factors in Insect
Biology; Laboratory Rearing Techniques; Principles of Nutrition in Insects; Terminology and
Characterization of Artificial Diets; Criteria for Assessment of Artificial Diets; Insect Food Habits and
Suitability of Rearing Methods; Sanitary Conditions for Mass Insect Rearing; Case Studies; and Seminar.

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