Allen, M.L. and Ballenger, J.G. (2014) Genetics and Characteristics of a Pigmentation Defective Laboratory Strain of the Lady Beetle, Coleomegilla maculata. Advances in Entomology, 2, 161-166.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ae.2014.24024

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• TITLE: Gold: A Unique Pigmentation Defective Laboratory Strain of the Lady Beetle

  AUTHORS: Margaret Louise Allen

  KEYWORDS: Lady Beetle, Recessive Phenotype, Reciprocal Cross, Inbreeding Depression, Aposematism

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Entomology, Vol.4 No.1, January 11, 2016

  ABSTRACT: A laboratory colony of Coleomegilla maculata (De Geer) was selected for a novel phenotypic color trait. The phenotype was paler in color than the wild type, although not as pale as a previously described mutant strain, yellow (ye), and retained dark pigmentation in the eyes. This selected strain was named gold. Mendelian breeding experiments indicate a recessive biallelic inheritance. The strain has decreased fitness characteristics based on measurements of egg production and pupa size.