Biology of Sugarcane Woolly Aphid Predator, Dipha aphidivora Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

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Authors

  • Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka ,IN
  • Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka ,IN
  • Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka ,IN
  • Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka ,IN
  • Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka ,IN
  • Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka ,IN
  • Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka ,IN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2006/3948

Keywords:

Biology, Dipha aphidivora, Sugarcane Woolly Aphid.

Abstract

A laboratory study was carried out on biology of sugarcane woolly aphid (SWA) predator, Dipha aphidivora Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Dipha aphidivora occupied 5.6 ± 0.81, 24.61 ± 3.41, 7.80 ± 0.51, 1.65 ± 0.54 and 3.89 ± 0.74 days for incubation. total larval period, pupation, longevity of adult male and female, respectively. The total life cycle lasted for 43.27 ± 5.84 days. During its total larval period of 24.61 ± 3.41 days, a single D.aphidivora consumed on an average 6,074.84 ± 87.6 sugarcane woolly aphids.