Life table studies of tomato leaf miner, Phthorimae absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on artificial diet Nitta Anusha1, Venkatasamy Balasubramani*, Vaddi Sridhar1, Marimuthu Murugan, Edward Johnson Thangaraj Department of Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India 1ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru - 560 089, Karnataka, India *Corresponding authors' Email: anushanitta2@gmail.com, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6797-3016
Online published on 20 December, 2024. Abstract Biology and lifetable of Phthorimeae absoluta on artificial diet were studied under controlled conditions of 27 ± 1°C, 70 ± 10% RH, 14L:10D. Adult longevity, oviposition period, fecundity and fertility of 30 pairs were evaluated. The total larval period was 19.57 days (I instar - 2.35 days, II instar - 2.26 days, III instar - 2.23 days, IV instar - 2.73 days,), with a pupal period of 7.37 days and adult longevity of 12.44 days and 18.79 days for female and male, respectively. The net reproductive rate (Ro) was 45.911 (n=30) with a generation time (T) of 27.44 days. The determined intrinsic rate of natural increase (rm) and the finite rate of increase (λ) was 0.139 and 1.149 females/female/day, respectively. The population doubling time was found to be 4.97 days. Top Keywords Artificial diet, Life table, Phthorimeae absoluta, Reproductive capacity. Top |