Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore560065, Karnataka, India
*Email: dileepyadhu1996@gmail.com (corresponding author)
Online Published on 04 January, 2024.
The fall army worm Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) is an invasive pest in India on maize crop, and noticed to be polyphagous. Its biology was studied under laboratory conditions at the Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, GKVK, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The incubation, total larval and pupal period were observed to be of 2.80, 15.70 and 10.04 days, respectively. The total lifecycle of male and female took 35.05 and 38.30 days, respectively. Preoviposition, oviposition and post-oviposition period were 2.95, 3.10 and 4.50 days, respectively.
Spodoptera frugiperda, Bionomics, Invasive, Incubation period, Larval period, Pupal period, Longevity, Total life cycle, Instars, Oviposition period, Post-oviposition period
