Biology and Feeding Efficiency of Zigzag Beetle, Menochilus sexmaculatus (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Fed on Mustard Aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (kalt.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Under Controlled Conditions

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Biology and Feeding Efficiency of Zigzag Beetle, Menochilus sexmaculatus (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Fed on Mustard Aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (kalt.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Under Controlled Conditions

Ashfaq Hussain¹, Javed Khan², Ammara Blouch³, Ahmad-Ur-Rahman Saljoqi¹, Ashraf Khan^4,5* and Zaheer Sikandar⁶

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Plant Protection, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; ²Insect Pest Management Program, Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan; ³Food Science Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Pakistan; ⁴Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan; ⁵Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Regions, Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, P.R. China; ⁶Sugarcane Research Institute, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

*Correspondence | Ashraf Khan, Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan; Email: [email protected]

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Figure 1:

Pre-Oviposition, oviposition, post oviposition period, mean no. of eggs/female and mean no. of eggs/female/day of M. sexaculata feed on L. erysimi.

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Figure 2:

Male/female longevity of M. sexaculata feed on L. erysimi

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Figure 3:

Feeding efficiency of M. sexaculata (Larval stages) feed on L. erysimi.

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Figure 4:

Feeding efficiency of M. sexaculata (Male/female) adults.

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