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Sugarcane borers enter a state of delayed metamorphosis when exposed to a 12-h photophase at 21°C. Larval feeding, growth, and molting continues but pupation is suppressed under these conditions.
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Roe, R.M., Hammond, A.M. & Philogène, B.J.R. Photoperiodically induced delayed insect metamorphosis: a larval oligopause in Diatraea saccharalis. Experientia 41, 267–269 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02002630
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