Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-5.
In the present study the temperature played an important role to influence incubation period, pupal period and Life span of adults of Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee but the larval period was not much affected, because the larvae live within the fruits and the range of temperatures was not wide. The eggs did not hatch below 15°C and adults did not emerge when pupae were kept at 10°C. The pupal period slightly increased at 15°C in comparison to that on 27°C.
