Voltinism

Number of generations or broods of an organism per year

Voltinism is a term used in biology to indicate the number of broods or generations of an organism in a year. The term is most often applied to insects, and is particularly in use in sericulture, where silkworm varieties vary in their voltinism.Univoltine (monovoltine) – (adjective) referring to organisms having one brood or generation per year Bivoltine (divoltine) – (adjective) referring to organisms having two broods or generations per year Trivoltine – (adjective) referring to organisms having three broods or generations per year Multivoltine (polyvoltine) – (adjective) referring to organisms having more than two broods or generations per year Semivoltine – There are two meanings:(biology) Less than univoltine; having a brood or generation less often than once per year or (adjective) referring to organisms whose generation time is more than one year.

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