ANATOMICAL DERANGEMENTS IN FEMALE ACCESSORY REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS INDUCED BY BENZYLOXY COMPOUNDS DURING DEVELOPMENTS AND METAMORPHOSIS OF CORCYRA CEPHALONICA (STAINTON) (LEPIDOPTERA : PYRALIDAE)
N. ROYCHOUDHURY *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI, KALYANI-741235, INDIA.
S. CHAKRAVORTY *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI, KALYANI-741235, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Treatment of newly synthesized benzyloxy compounds AI3-63604 (2, 6-difluoro-N 4(3-fluorophenyl) methoxy) phenyl methyll benzenamine), AI3–63629 (1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2- methyl-3-4-(phenylmethoxy) phenyl)-2-propene-1-one) and Al3-63701 (1-(4-methylphenyl) methoxy-4-pentylbenzene) to 0-24 har old last instar larvae, prepupae and pupae of the rice moth Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) induced different types of structural deformities of female accessory reproductive organs in developmentally intermediate forms, The remarkable derangements were recorded in the bursa copulatrix and accessory glands. The effect was maximum in case of larval treatment.