Development of Epipyas postvittna (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), on leaves and fruit of ‘Valencia’, ‘Washington navel’, and ‘Navelina’ orange trees was studied under constant and fluctuating temperatures. E. postvittna was able to complete its life cycle feeding exclusively on leaves or fruit of orange trees. However, larval survival rate was very low (<20%) on orange tissues compared with that on noncitrus hosts. Among the four types of orange tissues, young orange leaves and fruit afforded larvae higher survival rates than mature orange leaves and fruit. Fruit (young or mature) produced heavier pupae than leaves (young or mature). Larvae developed more slowly on mature orange fruit than on other orange materials and more slowly on orange leaves than on leaves of most noncitrus hosts. Degree-day accumulations based on the fastest developmental rates obtained in this study suggested that E. postvittna is capable of completing 4.4–4.7 generations per year in orange orchards in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Implications of the results in the management of the insect in citrus are discussed.
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1 August 2006
Development of Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) on Leaves and Fruit of Orange Trees
Jianhua Mo,
Michelle Glover,
Scott Munro,
G. Andrew C. Beattie
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 99 • No. 4
August 2006
Vol. 99 • No. 4
August 2006
citrus
development
Epiphyas postvittana
survival