@article{lii_garlich_rock_1975, title={PROTEIN AND ENERGY UTILIZATION BY INSECT, ARGYROTAENIA-VELUTINANA (WALKER), FED DIETS CONTAINING GRADED LEVELS OF AN AMINO-ACID MIXTURE}, volume={52}, ISSN={["0300-9629"]}, DOI={10.1016/S0300-9629(75)80011-9}, abstractNote={Isocaloric diets containing graded levels of a balanced amino acid mixture (AAM) were fed to Argyrotaenia velutinana from the age of newly-hatched larvae to day 18. Feed consumption and larval weight gain increased with increasing amounts of AAM up to 3·6% of the diet. The % of the ingested dietary nitrogen and energy recovered in the carcass at 18 days was highest for the larvae fed the diet containing 3·0% AAM. Carcass composition increased in nitrogen and decreased in lipid with increasing dietary protein: calorie ratio. Carcass composition changes are similar to changes in another uricotelic organism, the birds.}, number={4}, journal={COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-PHYSIOLOGY}, author={LII, GY and GARLICH, JD and ROCK, GC}, year={1975}, pages={615–618} }