Artificial diet significantly enhance fitness and be applicable in mass-rearing of Ephestia elutella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

摘要: Abstract Ephestia elutella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is a cosmopolitan and polyphagous pest attack wide variety of stored products. To better understand the effect an artificial diet tobacco leaves on mass-rearing performance E. elutella, developmental times preadult adult stages, total longevity, reproduction, life table parameters were analyzed from data gathered individual group reared under laboratory conditions according to age–stage, two-sex theory. The intrinsic rate increase (r) finite (λ) group-reared found significantly lower than individual-reared same rearing medium. Both these higher regardless whether they or group-reared. Moreover, high survival rates fecundity values recorded diet. In addition, system late instar larvae which are suitable for effective parasitoid, Habrobracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), demonstrate that 10,000 daily 5th cheaper and/or 6th leaves. Overall, used in present study can be continuous mass elutella.