Claim · model-written summary
The average life span of Zygogramma bicolorata from egg to adult was 62-78 days.
- Taxon
- Zygogramma bicolorata
Zygogramma bicoloratat0
- Outcome
- life spane0
- Value
- 62–78 dayse0
Verbatim
t0“Zygogramma bicolorata”
e0“an average life span of 62–78 days from egg to adult”
Title
Shreesha Thapa Magar; Sneha Dahal; Bardan Devkota Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science 2025. doi:10.26832/24566632.2025.1003012
Other claims from this paper (16)
- Observation Female Zygogramma bicolorata lived longer (43.3 days) than males (37.0 days).
- Observation Each female laid an average of 650 eggs during its lifespan.
- Observation Egg hatching success was 84.08%.
- Observation Pupal recovery was 81.32%.
- Observation Adult emergence was 78.69%.
- Observation The beetle had four distinct larval instars.
- Observation Pupation occurred at 3-5 cm soil depth.
- Association Feeding potential varied with developmental stage and beetle density.
- Observation Both adults and larvae of Z. bicolorata caused significant defoliation of Parthenium hysterophorus.
- Intervention effect Higher beetle densities led to faster defoliation of Parthenium.
- Intervention effect Defoliation of Parthenium by five beetle pairs at the seedling stage took 1.13 days.
- Intervention effect Defoliation of Parthenium by five beetle pairs at the flowering stage took 6.67 days.
- Intervention effect Defoliation of Parthenium by two pairs at the seedling stage took 6.67.
- Intervention effect Defoliation of Parthenium by two pairs at the flowering stage took 15.67 days.
- Observation Larvae contributed more to defoliation of Parthenium than adults.
- Recommendation Z. bicolorata shows strong potential as a biocontrol agent against P. hysterophorus.