Temperature Requirements for Development of the Stalk Borer, Papaipema nebris (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)1
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 76 (5) , 892-895
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/76.5.892
Abstract
Temperature thresholds and thermal requirements for development of the stalk borer, Papaipema nebris (Guenée), were determined under controlled conditions. Developmental rate increased linearly with increasing temperature (12.8 to 23.9°C). Developmental threshold temperatures and thermal units (TU) necessary for 50% of the individuals to complete a given stage were: eggs, 8.4°C and 182.6 TU; larvae, 3.7°C and 1397.2 TU; pupae, 6.1°C and 404.0 TU; and total development from egg to adult, 5.1°C and 1946.7 TU. Dates of 50% egg hatch under screenhouse conditions and 50% moth capture by light trap were within 1 and 4 days, respectively, of predicted dates based on laboratory data.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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