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Costanza Jucker
Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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Published: 01 January 2021 in Journal of Insect Science
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The interest in using byproducts from agro-food industries as a rearing substrate for insects is increasing rapidly. We investigated the influence of byproducts of vegetal origin (okara—a byproduct of soy milk production, maize distillers with solubles, brewer’s grains), used as rearing diet for black soldier fly larvae (BSFL), on the following parameters: biomass production, substrate reduction (SR), nutritional profile and in vitro digestibility, and larval gut microbiota. Hen diet was used as a control substrate. The highest larval biomass was collected on maize distillers, whereas the highest SR was observed on okara. The rearing substrate affected ash, ether extract, and chitin larval content. The BSFL reared on okara were characterized by a lower lauric acid content (17.6% of total fatty acids). Diets also influenced in vitro crude protein digestibility (%) for monogastrics, with the highest values for BSFL reared on maize distillers (87.8), intermediate for brewer’s grains and okara BSFL, and the lowest for hen BSFL (82.7). The nutritive value for ruminants showed a lower Net Energy for lactation for BSFL reared on hen diet than okara and dried maize distillers BSFL. The different byproducts showed an influence on the larval gut microbiota, with a major bacterial complexity observed on larvae fed with the hen diet. The neutral detergent fiber concentration of dietary substrate was negatively correlated with Firmicutes and Actinobacteria relative abundance. Insects valorized byproducts converting them into high-value larval biomass to be used for feed production. The results evidenced the effects of the tested byproducts on the measured parameters, underling the chemical composition importance on the final insect meal quality.

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Gianluca Galassi; Costanza Jucker; Pietro Parma; Daniela Lupi; Gianni Matteo Crovetto; Sara Savoldelli; Stefania Colombini. Impact of Agro-industrial Byproducts on Bioconversion, Chemical Composition, in vitro Digestibility, and Microbiota of the Black Soldier Fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Larvae. Journal of Insect Science 2021, 21, 1 .

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Gianluca Galassi, Costanza Jucker, Pietro Parma, Daniela Lupi, Gianni Matteo Crovetto, Sara Savoldelli, Stefania Colombini. Impact of Agro-industrial Byproducts on Bioconversion, Chemical Composition, in vitro Digestibility, and Microbiota of the Black Soldier Fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Larvae. Journal of Insect Science. 2021; 21 (1):1.

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Gianluca Galassi; Costanza Jucker; Pietro Parma; Daniela Lupi; Gianni Matteo Crovetto; Sara Savoldelli; Stefania Colombini. 2021. "Impact of Agro-industrial Byproducts on Bioconversion, Chemical Composition, in vitro Digestibility, and Microbiota of the Black Soldier Fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Larvae." Journal of Insect Science 21, no. 1: 1.

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Published: 24 September 2020 in Insects
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Many species of long-horned beetles are invasive pests causing significant economic damage in agro-forestry systems. They spend the majority of their life-cycle concealed inside natural wood or wooden packaging materials and are largely protected from adverse environmental conditions and pesticide sprays. Biological control via parasitoid natural enemies including members of the bethylid genus Sclerodermus, has proven effective against some long-horned beetles that are invasive in China. In Europe, the biocontrol potential of native Sclerodermus species is being evaluated with a view to developing efficient mass-rearing techniques and then actively deploying them against invasive Asian beetles. Here, we continue evaluations of S. brevicornis by establishing that groups of females that have already reared offspring to emergence are capable of reproducing subsequent hosts and by evaluating the lifetime reproductive capacity of individual females provided with successive hosts. Additionally, we assess the laboratory shelf-life of adult females stored for different times at different temperatures including cold storage, and then assess the post-storage reproductive performance of groups of females provided with a single host. We found that adult female longevity declines with increasing storage temperature and that most aspects of subsequent performance are negatively affected by high temperatures. The adaptability to low temperature storage enhances the suitability of S. brevicornis to mass-rearing programs and thus biocontrol deployment.

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Costanza Jucker; Ian C.W. Hardy; Serena Malabusini; Silvia De Milato; Giacomo Zen; Sara Savoldelli; Daniela Lupi. Factors Affecting the Reproduction and Mass-Rearing of Sclerodermus brevicornis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), a Natural Enemy of Exotic Flat-Faced Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). Insects 2020, 11, 657 .

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Costanza Jucker, Ian C.W. Hardy, Serena Malabusini, Silvia De Milato, Giacomo Zen, Sara Savoldelli, Daniela Lupi. Factors Affecting the Reproduction and Mass-Rearing of Sclerodermus brevicornis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), a Natural Enemy of Exotic Flat-Faced Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). Insects. 2020; 11 (10):657.

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Costanza Jucker; Ian C.W. Hardy; Serena Malabusini; Silvia De Milato; Giacomo Zen; Sara Savoldelli; Daniela Lupi. 2020. "Factors Affecting the Reproduction and Mass-Rearing of Sclerodermus brevicornis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), a Natural Enemy of Exotic Flat-Faced Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)." Insects 11, no. 10: 657.

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Published: 11 September 2020 in Insects
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Necrobia rufipes (De Geer) (Coleoptera: Cleridae), also known as the red-legged ham beetle, is a newly emerging pest of pet food stores, causing apprehension among producers worldwide. Concerns about this pest are exacerbated by the lack of information about infestation modalities in pet food, while specific monitoring tools are missing. Considering that adequate pet food packaging could limit N. rufipes infestations, information about the penetration modalities in commonly used pet food packaging is needed. Moreover, the development of appropriate monitoring instruments is urgent to detect pest presence early and to reduce chemical treatments for its control. In this paper, the adults’ and larvae’s ability to enter into pet food packaging was evaluated. Furthermore, to develop monitoring traps, behavioral bioassays were done: (1) testing two different commercial adhesive surfaces, one generally used in mouse glue traps (MG), and the other used in cockroach glue traps (CG), to evaluate their different abilities in avoiding insects’ escape; (2) screening different molecules, typical of the substrates attacked by N. rufipes, as candidate food attractants for this pest: methyl cyclopentenolone (MCP), squalene (SQ), and stearic acid (SA). The results show that N. rufipes adults and larvae enter into packaging through the air vent valves on the bottom, suggesting that a way to improve the packaging to prevent insect infestation would be to modify these points of weakness. Laboratory tests show that the different bioassayed glues have strong differences in the ability to retain the caught insects, with MG being more effective than CG. The behavioral bioassay indicated that MCP and SQ attract N. rufipes adults in olfactometer. Finally, the results of dual-choice arena bioassays show that among the candidate attractant tested, a mixture of pet food (PF) and MCP elicited the strongest attraction in N. rufipes adults. These results encourage further experiments with the use of an MG adhesive trap loaded with a mixture of PF+MCP to test the effectiveness of such a tool for monitoring N.rufipes in pet food industries and warehouses.

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Sara Savoldelli; Costanza Jucker; Ezio Peri; Mokhtar Abdulsattar Arif; Salvatore Guarino. Necrobia rufipes (De Geer) Infestation in Pet Food Packaging and Setup of a Monitoring Trap. Insects 2020, 11, 623 .

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Sara Savoldelli, Costanza Jucker, Ezio Peri, Mokhtar Abdulsattar Arif, Salvatore Guarino. Necrobia rufipes (De Geer) Infestation in Pet Food Packaging and Setup of a Monitoring Trap. Insects. 2020; 11 (9):623.

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Sara Savoldelli; Costanza Jucker; Ezio Peri; Mokhtar Abdulsattar Arif; Salvatore Guarino. 2020. "Necrobia rufipes (De Geer) Infestation in Pet Food Packaging and Setup of a Monitoring Trap." Insects 11, no. 9: 623.

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Published: 11 June 2020 in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
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Explanations for the highest levels of sociality typically invoke the concept of inclusive fitness. Sclerodermus, a genus of parasitoid hymenopterans, is quasi-social, exhibiting cooperative brood care without generational overlap or apparent division of labour. Foundress females successfully co-exploit hosts that are too large to suppress when acting alone and the direct fitness benefits of collective action may explain their cooperation, irrespective of kinship. However, cooperation in animal societies is seldom free of conflicts of interest between social partners, especially when their relatedness, and thus their degree of shared evolutionary interests, is low. We screened components of the life-history of Sclerodermus brevicornis for effects of varying co-foundress number and relatedness on cooperative reproduction. We found that the time taken to paralyse standard-sized hosts is shorter when co-foundress number and/or relatedness is higher. This suggests that, while females must access a paralysed host in order to reproduce, individuals are reluctant to take the risk of host attack unless the benefits will be shared with their kin. We used Hamilton’s rule and prior data from studies that experimentally varied the sizes of hosts presented to congeners to explore how the greater risks and greater benefits of attacking larger hosts could combine with relatedness to determine the sizes of hosts that individuals are selected to attack as a public good. From this, we predict that host size and relatedness will interact to affect the timing of host paralysis; we test this prediction in the accompanying study.

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Mohamed Khadar Abdi; Daniela Lupi; Costanza Jucker; Ian C W Hardy. Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids I: co-foundress number and relatedness affect suppression of dangerous hosts. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2020, 130, 627 -641.

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Mohamed Khadar Abdi, Daniela Lupi, Costanza Jucker, Ian C W Hardy. Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids I: co-foundress number and relatedness affect suppression of dangerous hosts. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2020; 130 (4):627-641.

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Mohamed Khadar Abdi; Daniela Lupi; Costanza Jucker; Ian C W Hardy. 2020. "Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids I: co-foundress number and relatedness affect suppression of dangerous hosts." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 130, no. 4: 627-641.

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Published: 11 June 2020 in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
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Sclerodermus brevicornis is a parasitoid that exhibits cooperative multi-foundress brood production. Prior work showed that the time lag to paralysis of small-sized hosts is shorter when co-foundress relatedness is higher and predicted that the greater risks and greater benefits of attacking larger hosts would combine with co-foundress relatedness to determine the limits to the size of a host that a female is selected to attack as a public good. It was also predicted that the time to host attack would be affected by an interaction between host size and relatedness. Here, we show empirically that both host size and kinship affect S. brevicornis reproduction and that they interact to influence the timing of host attack. We also find effects of co-foundress relatedness after hosts have been suppressed successfully. A public goods model using parameters estimated for S. brevicornis again suggests that selection for individual foundresses to attack and, if successful, to share hosts will be dependent on both the size of the host and the relatedness of the foundresses to any co-foundresses present. Females will not be selected to bear the individual cost of a public good when hosts are large and dangerous or when their relatedness to the co-foundress is low. We conclude that although reproductive behaviours exhibited by Sclerodermus females can be cooperative, they are unlikely to be exhibited without reference to kinship or to the risks involved in attempting to suppress and share large and dangerous hosts.

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Mohamed Khadar Abdi; Ian C W Hardy; Costanza Jucker; Daniela Lupi. Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids II: co-foundress relatedness and host dangerousness interactively affect host exploitation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2020, 130, 642 -660.

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Mohamed Khadar Abdi, Ian C W Hardy, Costanza Jucker, Daniela Lupi. Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids II: co-foundress relatedness and host dangerousness interactively affect host exploitation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2020; 130 (4):642-660.

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Mohamed Khadar Abdi; Ian C W Hardy; Costanza Jucker; Daniela Lupi. 2020. "Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids II: co-foundress relatedness and host dangerousness interactively affect host exploitation." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 130, no. 4: 642-660.

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Published: 04 June 2020 in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
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Biological control efficiency can be improved by developing effective mass‐rearing systems to produce large numbers of high‐quality parasitoids. This study explored an alternative host for rearing Sclerodermus brevicornis (Kieffer) (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), a potential biocontrol agent for the suppression of exotic and invasive wood‐boring longhorn beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) populations in the European agroforestry ecosystems. We tested larvae of the rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica Stainton (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), as host for the parasitoid. We quantified the probability and timing of host attack and parasitism as well as reproductive success, offspring production, and the characteristics of adult offspring. As S. brevicornis is a quasi‐social species (multiple females, communally produced offspring broods), we also explored the effects of varying the number of females to which individual hosts were presented, with the aim of determining the optimal female‐to‐host ratio. As time to host attack can be a limiting factor in S. brevicornis rearing protocols, we tested the use of adult females of another bethylid species, Goniozus legneri Gordh, to paralyse C. cephalonica larvae prior to presentation. We identified the conditions within our experiment that maximised offspring production per host and offspring production per adult female parasitoid. We found that C. cephalonica is suitable as a factitious host and, as it is considerably more straightforward for laboratory rearing than cerambycid species, it is a good candidate for adoption by future S. brevicornis mass‐rearing and release programmes.

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Mohamed Khadar Abdi; Costanza Jucker; Beatrice De Marchi; Ian C.W. Hardy; Daniela Lupi. Performance of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a parasitoid of invasive longhorn beetles, when reared on rice moth larvae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 2020, 169, 64 -78.

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Mohamed Khadar Abdi, Costanza Jucker, Beatrice De Marchi, Ian C.W. Hardy, Daniela Lupi. Performance of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a parasitoid of invasive longhorn beetles, when reared on rice moth larvae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 2020; 169 (1):64-78.

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Mohamed Khadar Abdi; Costanza Jucker; Beatrice De Marchi; Ian C.W. Hardy; Daniela Lupi. 2020. "Performance of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a parasitoid of invasive longhorn beetles, when reared on rice moth larvae." Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 169, no. 1: 64-78.

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Published: 02 January 2020 in Sustainability
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Hermetia illucens is an efficient bioconverter able to grow on various different organic materials, producing larvae, which are a good source of protein and fat with applications in the animal feed and biochemical industries. This fly’s capacity to reduce huge amounts of waste presents an interesting opportunity to establish a circular food economy. In this study, we assessed the suitability of using organic wastes from cricket and locust farming to rear H. illucens. Larvae developed until adult emergence on all the wastes, with a mean survival of over 94%. Cricket waste allowed faster development of heavier larvae than locust waste. Substrate reduction was particularly interesting on cricket waste (

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Costanza Jucker; Daniela Lupi; Christopher Douglas Moore; Maria Giovanna Leonardi; Sara Savoldelli. Nutrient Recapture from Insect Farm Waste: Bioconversion with Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Sustainability 2020, 12, 362 .

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Costanza Jucker, Daniela Lupi, Christopher Douglas Moore, Maria Giovanna Leonardi, Sara Savoldelli. Nutrient Recapture from Insect Farm Waste: Bioconversion with Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Sustainability. 2020; 12 (1):362.

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Costanza Jucker; Daniela Lupi; Christopher Douglas Moore; Maria Giovanna Leonardi; Sara Savoldelli. 2020. "Nutrient Recapture from Insect Farm Waste: Bioconversion with Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)." Sustainability 12, no. 1: 362.

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Published: 12 December 2019 in Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research
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The growing population and, consequently, the demand for food, has led to an increase in the agro-food activities, causing irreversible exploitation of natural resources. The use of insects for the management and recycling of by-products of the agro-food industry and for the production of proteins is growing. The Diptera Hermetia illucens is of particular interest as larvae are able to grow rapidly on numerous organic matters and are rich in proteins and fats. The identification of a low-cost and low-impact substrate suitable for the mass rearing of H. illucens is consequently of great interest. In this study, we evaluated the suitability of brewery wastes, spent grain and trub (used separately or mixed), as rearing substrate for the larvae. We evaluated the effect of these diets on preimmaginal performance (survival, developmental time, and weight reached) and adult traits (sex-ratio, dimension, and female fertility). As a result, the different substrates significantly impacted different biological traits. Best results, both for larvae and adults, were reported when the brewery wastes were provided together, leading to similar results obtained in a control diet and comparable to other previous studies. We conclude that brewery by-products can be valuable substrate for larval growth and in this way can be efficiently recycled and valorised.

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C. Jucker; M.G. Leonardi; I. Rigamonti; D. Lupi; S. Savoldelli. Brewery’s waste streams as a valuable substrate for Black Soldier Fly Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research 2019, 51, 1 .

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C. Jucker, M.G. Leonardi, I. Rigamonti, D. Lupi, S. Savoldelli. Brewery’s waste streams as a valuable substrate for Black Soldier Fly Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research. 2019; 51 (3):1.

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C. Jucker; M.G. Leonardi; I. Rigamonti; D. Lupi; S. Savoldelli. 2019. "Brewery’s waste streams as a valuable substrate for Black Soldier Fly Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)." Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research 51, no. 3: 1.

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Published: 29 May 2019 in Animals
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The aim of the study was to evaluate the use of three by-products as growing substrates for Hermetia illucens (Black Soldier Fly (BSF)) larvae: okara, maize distiller, brewer's grains, and a control hen diet. The study focused on larval growth and bioconversion performance, production of methane by larvae and environmental burden of larvae production, using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on a lab scale. Chemical composition of substrates differed: okara had the highest crude protein and ether extract contents, while brewer's grains showed the highest fiber content. Larvae fed on a hen diet and maize distiller exhibited the highest final weights (2.29 and 1.97 g, respectively). Larvae grown on okara showed the highest indexes for waste reduction and efficiency of conversion of the ingested feed. The BSF larvae did not produce any detectable traces of CH4. LCA evaluation showed that larvae production on a hen diet resulted in the most impact for most of environmental categories, for the inclusion of soybean meal in the diet (for climate change, 5.79 kg CO2 eq/kg dry larvae). Feed production activities resulted in the main contributions to environmental impact. In order to compare the larvae production obtained on all substrates, an environmental impact was attributed to okara and brewer's grain through a substitution method, and, by this approach, the best sustainable product resulted from the larvae grown on the maize distiller.

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Luciana Bava; Costanza Jucker; Giulia Gislon; Daniela Lupi; Sara Savoldelli; Maddalena Zucali; Stefania Colombini. Rearing of Hermetia Illucens on Different Organic By-Products: Influence on Growth, Waste Reduction, and Environmental Impact. Animals 2019, 9, 289 .

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Luciana Bava, Costanza Jucker, Giulia Gislon, Daniela Lupi, Sara Savoldelli, Maddalena Zucali, Stefania Colombini. Rearing of Hermetia Illucens on Different Organic By-Products: Influence on Growth, Waste Reduction, and Environmental Impact. Animals. 2019; 9 (6):289.

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Luciana Bava; Costanza Jucker; Giulia Gislon; Daniela Lupi; Sara Savoldelli; Maddalena Zucali; Stefania Colombini. 2019. "Rearing of Hermetia Illucens on Different Organic By-Products: Influence on Growth, Waste Reduction, and Environmental Impact." Animals 9, no. 6: 289.

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Published: 15 December 2018 in Redia
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Costanza Jucker; Augusto Loni; Mattia Calzolari; Sergey Belokobylskij; Daniela Lupi. ACCIDENTAL INTRODUCTION IN ITALY OF THE PARASITOID SPATHIUS VULNIFICUS WILKINSON (HYMENOPTERA BRACONIDAE DORYCTINAE). Redia 2018, 189 -191.

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Costanza Jucker, Augusto Loni, Mattia Calzolari, Sergey Belokobylskij, Daniela Lupi. ACCIDENTAL INTRODUCTION IN ITALY OF THE PARASITOID SPATHIUS VULNIFICUS WILKINSON (HYMENOPTERA BRACONIDAE DORYCTINAE). Redia. 2018; ():189-191.

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Costanza Jucker; Augusto Loni; Mattia Calzolari; Sergey Belokobylskij; Daniela Lupi. 2018. "ACCIDENTAL INTRODUCTION IN ITALY OF THE PARASITOID SPATHIUS VULNIFICUS WILKINSON (HYMENOPTERA BRACONIDAE DORYCTINAE)." Redia , no. : 189-191.

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Published: 13 October 2017 in Environmental Entomology
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Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) is able to consume a wide range of organic matter and is of particular interest for waste management. The nutritional value of preimaginal stages, in particular the protein content, makes this species a valid candidate for use as feed for other organisms. Vegetables and fruits are promising rearing substrates for insects produced for this purpose according to the EU regulation. In order to examine the effects of diets on insect performance and chemical composition, larvae were reared on the following substrates: 1) fruit (apple, pear, and orange); 2) vegetable (lettuce, green beans, and cabbage); and 3) mixed fruits and vegetables. High percentages of survival were observed on all diets, but there were differences among weights of larvae, pupae, and adults, with weights of larvae reared on mixed fruits and vegetables lower than on other diets. Pupae reared on the mixed diet were heaviest, and also morphometric measurements of adults were highest. Larvae reared on fruit diets had the highest fat content, comprising mostly saturated fatty acids; the highest content of essential n-3 fatty acids was found in vegetable reared larvae and that of n-6 in mixed reared larvae. Larvae reared on the mixed diet had the highest protein content. Calcium contents were high and moderate amounts of iron and zinc were found. H. illucens showed the capability to develop on vegetable and fruits diets displaying different nutrient profiles and biological performances. The best-performing rearing strategy should vary in relation to the final use of H. illucens.

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Costanza Jucker; Daniela Erba; Maria Giovanna Leonardi; Daniela Lupi; Sara Savoldelli. Assessment of Vegetable and Fruit Substrates as Potential Rearing Media for Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Larvae. Environmental Entomology 2017, 46, 1415 -1423.

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Costanza Jucker, Daniela Erba, Maria Giovanna Leonardi, Daniela Lupi, Sara Savoldelli. Assessment of Vegetable and Fruit Substrates as Potential Rearing Media for Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Larvae. Environmental Entomology. 2017; 46 (6):1415-1423.

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Costanza Jucker; Daniela Erba; Maria Giovanna Leonardi; Daniela Lupi; Sara Savoldelli. 2017. "Assessment of Vegetable and Fruit Substrates as Potential Rearing Media for Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Larvae." Environmental Entomology 46, no. 6: 1415-1423.

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Published: 01 March 2017 in Crop Protection
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Massimo Blandino; Chiara Ferracini; Ivo Rigamonti; Giulio Testa; Matteo A. Saladini; Costanza Jucker; Mauro Agosti; Alberto Alma; Amedeo Reyneri. Control of western corn rootworm damage by application of soil insecticides at different maize planting times. Crop Protection 2017, 93, 19 -27.

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Massimo Blandino, Chiara Ferracini, Ivo Rigamonti, Giulio Testa, Matteo A. Saladini, Costanza Jucker, Mauro Agosti, Alberto Alma, Amedeo Reyneri. Control of western corn rootworm damage by application of soil insecticides at different maize planting times. Crop Protection. 2017; 93 ():19-27.

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Massimo Blandino; Chiara Ferracini; Ivo Rigamonti; Giulio Testa; Matteo A. Saladini; Costanza Jucker; Mauro Agosti; Alberto Alma; Amedeo Reyneri. 2017. "Control of western corn rootworm damage by application of soil insecticides at different maize planting times." Crop Protection 93, no. : 19-27.

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Published: 01 February 2017 in Biological Control
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Daniela Lupi; Riccardo Favaro; Costanza Jucker; Celso O. Azevedo; Ian C.W. Hardy; Massimo Faccoli. Reproductive biology of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a European parasitoid developing on three species of invasive longhorn beetles. Biological Control 2017, 105, 40 -48.

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Daniela Lupi, Riccardo Favaro, Costanza Jucker, Celso O. Azevedo, Ian C.W. Hardy, Massimo Faccoli. Reproductive biology of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a European parasitoid developing on three species of invasive longhorn beetles. Biological Control. 2017; 105 ():40-48.

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Daniela Lupi; Riccardo Favaro; Costanza Jucker; Celso O. Azevedo; Ian C.W. Hardy; Massimo Faccoli. 2017. "Reproductive biology of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a European parasitoid developing on three species of invasive longhorn beetles." Biological Control 105, no. : 40-48.

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Published: 14 March 2016 in Journal of Pest Science
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Drosophila suzukii is an invasive alien pest recently introduced into Europe and North and South America. Several control methods have been tested, and the ability of natural enemies to control this pest has been investigated. This study aimed to identify the main parasitoids of drosophilids in North Italy via field surveys, and to evaluate the ability of some of those species emerged to parasitize D. suzukii compared to indigenous D. melanogaster. A nine-site survey from July to October 2014 that exposed fruit (banana and blueberry) for 7 and 14 days obtained six parasitoid species, ranked from highest abundance: Leptopilina boulardi, L. heterotoma (Hymenoptera: Figitidae), Pachycrepoideus vindemiae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), Trichopria cf. drosophilae (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), Asobara tabida (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), and Spalangia erythromera (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). The presence and abundance of these species varied greatly among the sites and across the season. The field survey results showed a relationship between parasitoids and indigenous Drosophila communities and a high host competition. The ability of larval parasitoids L. boulardi and L. heterotoma and pupal parasitoid T. cf. drosophilae to parasitize the exotic and indigenous hosts was laboratory tested. Both larval parasitoids failed to develop on D. suzukii, but high mortality was recorded in larvae exposed to L. heterotoma. On the contrary, T. cf. drosophilae developed successfully on D. suzukii, with no significant differences between the exotic and indigenous hosts. These results beg further investigations of indigenous enemies, particularly T. cf. drosophilae, for effective biological control of D. suzukii.

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Fabio Mazzetto; Elisa Marchetti; Nasim Amiresmaeili; Dario Sacco; Santolo Francati; Costanza Jucker; Maria Luisa Dindo; Daniela Lupi; Luciana Tavella. Drosophila parasitoids in northern Italy and their potential to attack the exotic pest Drosophila suzukii. Journal of Pest Science 2016, 89, 837 -850.

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Fabio Mazzetto, Elisa Marchetti, Nasim Amiresmaeili, Dario Sacco, Santolo Francati, Costanza Jucker, Maria Luisa Dindo, Daniela Lupi, Luciana Tavella. Drosophila parasitoids in northern Italy and their potential to attack the exotic pest Drosophila suzukii. Journal of Pest Science. 2016; 89 (3):837-850.

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Fabio Mazzetto; Elisa Marchetti; Nasim Amiresmaeili; Dario Sacco; Santolo Francati; Costanza Jucker; Maria Luisa Dindo; Daniela Lupi; Luciana Tavella. 2016. "Drosophila parasitoids in northern Italy and their potential to attack the exotic pest Drosophila suzukii." Journal of Pest Science 89, no. 3: 837-850.

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Published: 26 March 2015 in EPPO Bulletin
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Daniela Lupi; Costanza Jucker; A. Rocco; M. L. Giudici; S. Boattin; M. Colombo. Current status of the rice water weevil Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus in Italy: eleven-year invasion. EPPO Bulletin 2015, 45, 123 -127.

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Daniela Lupi, Costanza Jucker, A. Rocco, M. L. Giudici, S. Boattin, M. Colombo. Current status of the rice water weevil Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus in Italy: eleven-year invasion. EPPO Bulletin. 2015; 45 (1):123-127.

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Daniela Lupi; Costanza Jucker; A. Rocco; M. L. Giudici; S. Boattin; M. Colombo. 2015. "Current status of the rice water weevil Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus in Italy: eleven-year invasion." EPPO Bulletin 45, no. 1: 123-127.

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Published: 10 February 2015 in ZooKeys
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The species Rhoptrocentrus piceus Marshall (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) was reared from the larvae of the xylophagous beetle Psacothea hilaris hilaris (Pascoe) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), an exotic pest of Ficus and Morus species native to eastern Asia. It was recorded in the north of Italy in September 2005. This discovery is the first report of this species as parasitoids of the yellow spotted longicorn beetle all over the world.

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Daniela Lupi; Augusto Loni; Costanza Jucker; Sergey Belokobylskij. First record of Rhoptrocentrus piceus Marshall (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) as parasitoid of Psacothea hilaris hilaris (Pascoe) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). ZooKeys 2015, 482, 1 -8.

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Daniela Lupi, Augusto Loni, Costanza Jucker, Sergey Belokobylskij. First record of Rhoptrocentrus piceus Marshall (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) as parasitoid of Psacothea hilaris hilaris (Pascoe) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). ZooKeys. 2015; 482 (482):1-8.

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Daniela Lupi; Augusto Loni; Costanza Jucker; Sergey Belokobylskij. 2015. "First record of Rhoptrocentrus piceus Marshall (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) as parasitoid of Psacothea hilaris hilaris (Pascoe) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)." ZooKeys 482, no. 482: 1-8.

Research article
Published: 27 August 2013 in BioMed Research International
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The wood-boring beetleAnoplophora chinensisForster, native to China, has recently spread to North America and Europe causing serious damage to ornamental and forest trees. The gut microbial community associated with these xylophagous beetles is of interest for potential biotechnological applications in lignocellulose degradation and development of pest-control measures. In this study the gut bacterial community of larvae and adults ofA. chinensis, collected from different host trees in North Italy, was investigated by both culture and culture-independent methods. Larvae and adults harboured a moderately diverse bacterial community, dominated by Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Firmicutes. The gammaproteobacterial family Enterobacteriaceae (generaGibbsiella, Enterobacter, Raoultella, andKlebsiella) was the best represented. The abundance of such bacteria in the insect gut is likely due to the various metabolic abilities ofEnterobacteriaceae, including fermentation of carbohydrates derived from lignocellulose degradation and contribution to nitrogen intake by nitrogen-fixing activity. In addition, bacteria previously shown to have some lignocellulose-degrading activity were detected at a relatively low level in the gut. These bacteria possibly act synergistically with endogenous and fungal enzymes in lignocellulose breakdown. The detection of actinobacterial symbionts could be explained by a possible role in the detoxification of secondary plant metabolites and/or protection against pathogens.

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Aurora Rizzi; Elena Crotti; Luigimaria Borruso; Costanza Jucker; Daniela Lupi; Mario Colombo; Daniele Daffonchio. Characterization of the Bacterial Community Associated with Larvae and Adults ofAnoplophora chinensisCollected in Italy by Culture and Culture-Independent Methods. BioMed Research International 2013, 2013, 1 -12.

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Aurora Rizzi, Elena Crotti, Luigimaria Borruso, Costanza Jucker, Daniela Lupi, Mario Colombo, Daniele Daffonchio. Characterization of the Bacterial Community Associated with Larvae and Adults ofAnoplophora chinensisCollected in Italy by Culture and Culture-Independent Methods. BioMed Research International. 2013; 2013 ():1-12.

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Aurora Rizzi; Elena Crotti; Luigimaria Borruso; Costanza Jucker; Daniela Lupi; Mario Colombo; Daniele Daffonchio. 2013. "Characterization of the Bacterial Community Associated with Larvae and Adults ofAnoplophora chinensisCollected in Italy by Culture and Culture-Independent Methods." BioMed Research International 2013, no. : 1-12.

Journal article
Published: 16 July 2013 in EPPO Bulletin
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Daniela Lupi; Costanza Jucker; M. Colombo. Distribution and biology of the yellow-spotted longicorn beetlePsacothea hilaris hilaris(Pascoe) in Italy. EPPO Bulletin 2013, 43, 316 -322.

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Daniela Lupi, Costanza Jucker, M. Colombo. Distribution and biology of the yellow-spotted longicorn beetlePsacothea hilaris hilaris(Pascoe) in Italy. EPPO Bulletin. 2013; 43 (2):316-322.

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Daniela Lupi; Costanza Jucker; M. Colombo. 2013. "Distribution and biology of the yellow-spotted longicorn beetlePsacothea hilaris hilaris(Pascoe) in Italy." EPPO Bulletin 43, no. 2: 316-322.

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Published: 25 July 2012 in Journal of Applied Entomology
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Italy is the largest rice‐producing country in the European Union. In Italy, only japonica cultivars are listed in the Italian National Register. Almost all of the rice production is concentrated in the Po Valley, where the rice water weevil Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel was first detected and settled. This study investigated the performance of this pest in terms of feeding, reproduction and plant injury on 10 rice cultivars chosen among the most widely grown in Italy. No‐choice experiments were conducted to evaluate the plant susceptibility to larval attack and to find out how cultivars can influence the adult leaf area consumption. The results gave evidence of different types of attack depending on the density of the insect (0.6 adults/plant vs. 0.9 adults/plant), the cultivar type and climatic conditions. Different cultivars with the same level of infestation gave different results in terms of productivity. Production was significantly affected by the larval presence in 4 of the 10 cultivars tested. A different population structure reflected a different damage severity. Statistically different values for total adult leaf area consumption were found according to adult female age and to the cultivar.

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Daniela Lupi; M. L. Giudici; C. Cenghialta; A. Rocco; Costanza Jucker; M. Colombo. Japonica cultivars' susceptibility to the rice water weevil Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Brachyceridae). Journal of Applied Entomology 2012, 137, 355 -364.

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Daniela Lupi, M. L. Giudici, C. Cenghialta, A. Rocco, Costanza Jucker, M. Colombo. Japonica cultivars' susceptibility to the rice water weevil Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Brachyceridae). Journal of Applied Entomology. 2012; 137 (5):355-364.

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Daniela Lupi; M. L. Giudici; C. Cenghialta; A. Rocco; Costanza Jucker; M. Colombo. 2012. "Japonica cultivars' susceptibility to the rice water weevil Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Brachyceridae)." Journal of Applied Entomology 137, no. 5: 355-364.

Book chapter
Published: 22 September 2011 in The Importance of Biological Interactions in the Study of Biodiversity
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Exotic Insects in Italy: An Overview on Their Environmental Impact | InTechOpen, Published on: 2011-09-22. Authors: Costanza Jucker and Daniela Lupi

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Costanza Jucker; Daniela Lupi. Exotic Insects in Italy: An Overview on Their Environmental Impact. The Importance of Biological Interactions in the Study of Biodiversity 2011, 1 .

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Costanza Jucker, Daniela Lupi. Exotic Insects in Italy: An Overview on Their Environmental Impact. The Importance of Biological Interactions in the Study of Biodiversity. 2011; ():1.

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Costanza Jucker; Daniela Lupi. 2011. "Exotic Insects in Italy: An Overview on Their Environmental Impact." The Importance of Biological Interactions in the Study of Biodiversity , no. : 1.