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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2001 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 326-328
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2001.326.328
Biology and Predation Efficiency of the Coccinellid Beetle Propylea fallax (Khuzorian) on Mungbean Aphid
M. Alamgir Hossain, Khandakar Shariful Islam, Khandakar Safiqul Islam, Md. Abdul Ahad and A.T.M. Rezaul Hoque

Abstract: The biology of Propylea fallax (Khuzorian) was studied in the laboratory using mungbean aphid as food. Mating period generally lasted upto 2 hours. A female laid 507.2 eggs on an average. The mean incubation period of the egg was 2.1 days with hatchability 98.87 percent. The larva completed four instars in 5.3±0.19 days with almost similar duration of 1.5, 1.15, 1.05 and 1.6 days for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th instar, respectively. The pre-pupal and pupal periods were 1.2±0.13 and 2.0±0 days. Adult longevity of male was 15.6±0.57 days and 19.6±0.66 days for the female. The average aphid consumption of the larva was 168.5±7.18 and adult 806.6±73.65. Both adult and larva preferred aphids having body width 0.25-0.75 mm, whereas above 1.0 mm were least preferred.

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M. Alamgir Hossain, Khandakar Shariful Islam, Khandakar Safiqul Islam, Md. Abdul Ahad and A.T.M. Rezaul Hoque, 2001. Biology and Predation Efficiency of the Coccinellid Beetle Propylea fallax (Khuzorian) on Mungbean Aphid. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 4: 326-328.

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