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Effects of temperature on development and seasonality of Eudocima salaminia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in eastern Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. P. A. Sands ,
M. Schotz  and
A. S. Bourne
D. P. A. Sands*
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Entomology, Indooroopilly, Australia
M. Schotz
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Entomology, Indooroopilly, Australia
A. S. Bourne
Affiliation:
CSIRO Institute of Plant Protection and Processing Biometrics Unit, Indooroopilly, Australia
*
CSIRO Division of Entomology, Private Bag No 3, Indooroopilly, Queensland 4068, Australia.
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Abstract

The durations for development for immature stages of the fruit piercing moth, Eudocima salaminia (Cramer), were determined at constant temperatures ranging from 15°C to 27°C and at ambient temperatures at a field site in southeastern Queensland over a 16 month period. At constant temperatures average heat requirements for: 50% eclosion of eggs were 62.4 day-degrees above 11°C, development of larvae to pupation were 246 day-degrees above 12°C, development of pupae to eclosion were 233 day-degrees above 12°C. For each stage there was no difference between day-degrees calculated at constant temperatures or at those in the field indicating no diapause in the immature stages. For adults, temperatures below 16°C during the activity period after dusk prevented feeding, mating and oviposition. Failure of E. salaminia to overwinter in south-eastern Australia in most years, was explained by the effects of low temperatures on egg hatch, larval, pupal and adult survival, reduced adult feeding, mating and cessation of oviposition.

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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 81 , Issue 3 , September 1991 , pp. 291 - 296
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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