Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut - 250 110, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author's present address: Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - 110 012, India; E-mail: anokhearchana12@gmail.com
Online Published on 11 October, 2022.
Biology of brinjal shoot and fruit borer Leucinodes orbonalis (Guenee.) revealed that single female could lay around 170 eggs. Incubation period of the eggs varied from 4.25 - 4.60 days. Total larval and pupal period range on an average ranged between 13.79 - 14.19 and 6.30 - 7.90 days, respectively. Adult longevity of male and female on an average ranged between 2.80 - 3.65 and 5.15 - 5.65 days, respectively. Total life cycle on an average of 25.78 and 28.11 days of male and female was recorded, respectively.
Biology, Brinjal, Female, Leucinodes orbonalis, Male, Shoot and fruit borer
