1Distributed Information Sub Centre (DISC), Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Takyelpat, Imphal - 795 001.
2Entomology Research Laboratory, Manipur University, Canchipur - 795 003, India.
*E-mail: tksingh06@yahoo.co.in
The mean longevity of the adult was 6.59±0.38 days. The average number of egs laid by an adult female was 93 to 101 eggs hatched in 2.92 to 3.02 days. There were five larval instars which took 23.12±0.93 days to enter into pupal stage. Pupation took place on pod surface or entrance of hole or in the burrow of infested pods and the pupal period lasted for about 7.97±0.33 days. The life cycle of E. atomosa was completed in 40 to 42 days.
Biology, Cajanus cajan, Exelastis atomosa
