Table 1 Insects used as food and feed
From: Insects as sources of food and bioproducts: a review from Colombia
Family | Genus | Species | Application | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Order: Blattaria | ||||
Termitidae | Labiotermes | Labiotermes labralis (Holmgren, 1906) | Human food | Paoletti et al. (2000) |
Termitidae | Nasutitermes | Nasutitermes corniger (Motschulsky, 1855) | Human food | Paoletti et al. (2000) |
Termitidae | Nasutitermes | Nasutitermes ephratae (Holmgren, 1910) | Human food | Paoletti et al. (2000) |
Termitidae | Nasutitermes | Nasutitermes macrocephalus (Silvestri, 1903) | Human food | Paoletti et al. (2000) |
Termitidae | Nasutitermes | Nasutitermes surinamensis (Holmgren, 1910) | Human food | Paoletti et al. (2000) |
Termitidae | Syntermes | Syntermes snyderi (Emerson, 1924) | Human food | Paoletti et al. (2000) |
Termitidae | Syntermes | Syntermes parallelus (Silvestri, 1923) | Human food | Paoletti et al. (2000) |
Termitidae | Syntermes | Syntermes spinosus (Latreille, 1804) | Human food | Paoletti et al. (2000) |
Termitidae | Syntermes | Syntermes tanygnathus (Constantino, 1995) | Human food | Paoletti et al. (2000) |
Order: Coleoptera | ||||
Cerambycidae | Acrocinus | Acrocinus longimanus (Linnaeus, 1785) | Human food | Dufour (1987) |
Curculionidae | Anthonomus | Anthonomus spp. | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Bruchidae | Caryobruchus | Caryobruchus spp. | Human food | Dufour (1987) |
Tettigoniidae | Conocephalus | Conocephalus angustifrons (Redtenbacher, 1891) | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Scarabaeidae | Dynastes | Dynastes Hercules (Linnaeus, 1758) | Human food | Ramos-Elorduy et al. (2009) |
Elmidae | Elmis | Elmis condimentaria (Philippi, 1864) | Human food | Müller et al. (2017) |
Buprestidae | Euchroma | Euchroma gigantea (Linnaeus, 1758) | Human food | Dufour (1987) |
Scarabaeidae | Megaceras | Megaceras Crassum (Prell, 1914) | Human food | Dufour (1987) |
Scarabaeidae | Podischnus | Podischnus agenor (Olivier, 1789) | Human food | Dufour (1987) |
Curculionidae | Rhynchophorus | Rhynchophorus palmarum (Linnaeus, 1758) | Human food | Dufour (1987) |
Curculionidae | Rhynchophorus | Rhynchophorus sp. | Human food | Dufour (1987) |
Passalidae | Veturius | Veturius sinosus (Drapiez, 1820) | Human food | Dufour (1987) |
Tenebrionidae | Zophobas | Zophobas morio | Benzertiha et al. (2019) | |
Order: Diptera | ||||
Stratiomyidae | Chrysochlorina | Chrysochlorina spp. | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Stratiomyidae | Hermetia | Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758) | Animal feed | Makkar et al. (2014) |
Calliphoridae | Lucilia | Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1825) | Animal feed | Varelas (2019) |
Muscidae | Musca | Musca domestica (Linnaeus, 1758) | Animal feed | Wang et al. (2017) |
Order: Homoptera | ||||
Membracidae | Umbonia | Umbonia spinosa (Fabricius, 1775) | Human food | Dufour (1987) |
Order: Hymenoptera | ||||
Vespidae | Agelaia | Agelaia angulate (Fabricius, 1804) | Human food | Dufour (1987) |
Apidae | Apis | Apis mellifera (Linnaeus, 1758) | Human food | Alvarez-Suarez (2017) |
Vespidae | Apoica | Apoica thoracica (Buysson, 1906) | Human food | Dufour (1987) |
Formicidae | Atta | Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758) | Human food | Paoletti et al. (2000) |
Formicidae | Atta | Atta laevigata (Smith, 1858) | Human food | Paoletti et al. (2000) |
Formicidae | Atta | Atta sexdens (Linneo, 1758) | Human food | Paoletti et al. (2000) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona bradyeli (Schwarz 1932) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona captiosa (Moure, 1962) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona compressipes compressipes (Fabricius, 1804) | Human food | Ávila et al. (2018) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona compressipes oblitescens (Cockerell, 1919) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona compressipes salti (Schwarz, 1932) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona eburnea (Friese, 1900) | Human food | Ávila et al. (2018) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona eburnea fuscopilosa | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona fasciata (Latreille, 1811) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona fasciata cramptoni (Cockerell, 1920) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona fasciata melanopleura (Cockerell, 1919) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona fasciata paraenesis (Ducke, 1919) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona favosa (Fabricius, 1798) | Human food | Ávila et al. (2018) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona favosa favosa (Fabricius) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona favosa orbigny (Guerin, 1844) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona favosa phenax (Cockerell, 1919) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona flavolineata (Friese, 1900) | Human food | Ávila et al. (2018) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona fuliginosa (Lepeletier 1836) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona fulva (Lepeletier 1836) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona grandis (Guerin 1844) | Human food | Ávila et al. (2018) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona indecisa (Cockerell 1919) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona interrupta (Latreille, 1811) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona laterallis(Erichson, 1840) | Human food | Ávila et al. (2018) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona marginata (Lepeletier, 1836) | Human food | Ávila et al. (2018) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona merrillae (Cockerell 1919) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona nebulosa (Camargo, 1988) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona nigrescens (Friese, 1900) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona phenax (Cockerell, 1919) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona rufescens (Friese, 1900) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona rufiventris (Lepeletier 1836) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona salti (Schwarz, 1932) | Human food | Ávila et al. (2018) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona scutellaris (Latreille, 1811) | Human food | Ávila et al. (2018) |
Apidae | Melipona | Melipona seminigra (Friese, 1903) | Human food | Ávila et al. (2018) |
Vespoidea | Mischocyttarus | Mischocyttarus spp. | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Apidae | Nannotrigona | Nannotrigona testaceicornis (Lepeletier 1836) | Human food | Fuenmayor et al. (2013) |
Apidae | Partamona | Partamona peckolti musarum (Cockerell, 1917) | Human food | Nates-Parra (2001) |
Apidae | Partamona | Partamona peckolti peckolti (Friese, 1900) | Human food | Fuenmayor et al. (2013) |
Apidae | Paratrigona | Paratrigona opaca (Cockerell, 1917) | Human food | Fuenmayor et al. (2013) |
Eumenidae | Polistes | Polistes canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Eumenidae | Polistes | Polistes erythrocephalus (Latreille, 1813) | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Eumenidae | Polistes | Polistes pacificus (Fabricius, 1804) | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Eumenidae | Polistes | Polistes versicolor (Olivier, 1791) | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Eumenidae | Polybia | Polybia ignobilis (Haliday, 1836) | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Vespidae | Polybia | Polybia rejecta (Cameron, 1906 | Human food | Dufour (1987) |
Apidae | Scaptotrigona limae | Human food | Fuenmayor et al. (2013) | |
Vespidae | Stelopolybia | Stelopolybia angulata | Human food | Dufour (1987) |
Apidae | Tetragonisca | Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille, 1825) | Human food | Ávila et al. (2018) |
Apidae | Tetragona | Tetragona clavipes (Fabricius, 1804) | Human food | Ávila et al. (2018) |
Apidae | Trigona | Trigona fuscipennis (Friese, 1900) | Human food | Ávila et al. (2018) |
Order: Lepidoptera | ||||
Bombycidae | Bombyx | Bombyx mori | Human food and animal feed | Paul and Dey (2014) |
Saturnidae | Dirphia | Dirphia sp. | Human food | Dufour (1987) |
Sphingidae | Erinnyis | Erinnyis ello (Linnaeus, 1758) | Human food | Dufour (1987) |
Noctuidae | Mocis | Mocis repanda (Fabricius, 1794) | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Order: Megaloptera | ||||
Corydalidae | Corydalus | Corydalus spp. | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Order: Orthoptera | ||||
Acrididae | Aidemona | Aidemona azteca (Sauss, 1861) | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Gryllidae | Gryllus | Gryllus assimilis (Fabricius, 1775) | Human food and animal feed | Rosa and Thys (2019) |
Acrididae | Osmilia | Osmilia flavolineata (DeGeer) | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Acrididae | Osmilia | Osmilia spp. | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Acrididae | Orpbuella | Orpbuella spp. | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Acrididae | Schistocerca | Schistocerca Americana (Drury, 1770) | Human food and animal feed | Hinks and Erlandson (1994) |
Acrididae | Schistocerca | Schistocerca spp. | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Acrididae | Tropidacris | Tropidacris latreillei (Perty, 1832) | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |
Order: Trichoptera | ||||
Hydropsychidae | Leptonema | Leptonema spp. | Human food | Ruddle (1973) |