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A laboratory rearing method for the cocoa Mirid Distantiella theobroma (Dist.) (Hemiptera, Miridae)*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 July 2009
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A method is described for continuous rearing of Distantiella theobroma (Dist.) in the laboratory at approximately 75°F. and 65 per cent, relative humidity. Adults were caged on young cocoa twigs, and the mated females transferred to cocoa seedlings for egg-laying; 24 hours after hatching, the nymphs were transferred to unripe cocoa pods. The egg and nymphal stages lasted about 14–16 and 23 days, respectively.
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