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


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1 Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka, India
 

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.

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Biology, Dipha aphidivora, Sugarcane Woolly Aphid.
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Authors

M. S. Puttannavar
Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka, India
R. K. Patil
Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka, India
M. Vidya
Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka, India
G. K. Ramegowda
Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka, India
S. Lingappa
Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka, India
Shekarappa
Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka, India
K. A. Kulkarni
Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka, India

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.

Keywords


Biology, Dipha aphidivora, Sugarcane Woolly Aphid.