Author(s):

A Maneesha, SR Koteswara Rao, T Murali Krishna and P Sudhakar

Abstract: A lab experiment was conducted during 2017 at Insectary, Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati to study the biology of C. montrouzieri on different life stages of papaya mealybug, P. marginatus. The results revealed that the developmental period of C. montrouzieri was significantly maximum (40.80 days) when reared on ovisacs of papaya mealybug followed by on I instar nymph (36.20 days), II instar nymph (33.80) and was minimum when fed on III instar nymphs (28.20 days) of papaya mealybug

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