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Title: LIFE TABLE ANALYSIS FOR CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM IMMATURES AND ADULTS UNDER FIVE DIFFERENT CONSTANT TEMPERATURES

Author
item Legaspi, Jesusa

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/6/2007
Publication Date: 7/18/2007
Citation: Legaspi, J.C. 2007. Life table analysis for cactoblastis cactorum immatures and adults under five different constant temperatures. Meeting Abstract.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Laboratory life history studies of the cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum, were conducted at 18, 22, 26, 30 and 34 ºC. Duration of immature stages was generally longest at 18, declining significantly at 22 and shortest at 26, 30 and 34 ºC. Total immature development time from eggs to pupae was about 180 days at 18, 116 at 22 and ranged from 65 to 72 days at 26 to 34 ºC.