Thermal requirements, development and number of generations of Duponchelia fovealis (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Abstract In this study, the effect of temperature on the growth of the European pepper moth, Duponchelia fovealis (Zeller), was assessed at five constant temperatures (18, 21, 24, 27 and 30 °C). The European pepper moth was observed to complete its developmental stages (from egg to adult) at all the...

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Main Authors: JOÃO P.P. PAES, VICTOR L.S. LIMA, DIRCEU PRATISSOLI, JOSÉ R. CARVALHO, VICTOR D. PIROVANI, REGIANE C.O.F. BUENO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652018000502447&lng=en&tlng=en