Indian Journal of Entomology

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  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 85
  • Issue: 1

Comparative biology of rice swarming caterpillar Spodoptera mauritia boisduval

  • Author:
  • Mogili Ramaiah*, T U Maheswari1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: May 17, 2023
  • Page Number: 167 to 169

ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Kalyandurg, 515761, Andhra Pradesh, India

1College of Agriculture, PJTSAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, Telangana, India

Abstract

Comparative biology of rice swarming caterpillar Spodoptera mauritia Boisduval has been analysed in this study. It was observed that rearing it on the artificial diets (chickpea flour based diets) was the most favourable with shortest larval period of 20.00 ± 0.51 days, whereas, those fed with rice leaves were 23.00 ± 0.52 days. The number of eggs laid was 1887.50 and 1013.50 when reared on artificial diet and rice leaves, respectively.

Keywords

Oryza sativa, Swarming caterpillar, Spodoptera Mauritia, Noctuidae, Biology, Artificial diet, Natural diet, Mass rearing, Larval period, Fecundity