: the frequency or number of annual broods (as of insects) — compare polyvoltine, univoltine.

What do you mean by voltinism?

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.

What is voltinism with example?

Voltinism is the number of broods or generations of an organism within a year. Different types of voltinism exists and describe whether an organism has one, two or many broods a year. A photograph of a Speckled Wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria). The Speckled Wood butterfly can have one or two broods a year.