Effect of temperature on development and reproductive characteristics of Diaphania indica (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 141-145

  Kinjo, Kinue ^a,b   Arakaki, Norio ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Pref Plant Dis/Insect C   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Diaphania indica; Fecundity; Lower threshold temperature; Total effective temperature

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DIAPHANIA INDICA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0036004975     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2002.141     Document Type: Article

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