Head Capsule Width of Larva and Duration of Developmental Stages of the Banana Skipper, Erionota thrax (L.), (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in Bogor, Indonesia

Abstract

Size disribution of head capsule width in the larvae of the banana skippet Erionota thrax was examined. Duration from the egg to emergence was u10.7 days in the field cages and 40.9 days under laboratory conditions. Survival rates during preimaginal stages of E. thrax were measured in the field cages.

Hymenopteran parasitoids associated with the banana-skipper Erionota thrax L. (Insecta: Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) in Java, Indonesia

“…The pest has also caused economic damage to bananas in new banana plantations in Papua New Guinea (Sands et al 1991). This study was initially conceived in conjunction with cooperative project in the title "Speciation and population dynamics of insect pests of crops in Indonesia: a basic study for integrated pest control" among Kanazawa University, Hokkaido University and Bogor Zoology Museum in 1992 in Java, Indonesia (Nakamura and Katakura 1992;Matsumoto et al 1995). The project goal was to understand the seasonal pupulation dynamic of major pest in tropical Indonesia, includes banana-skipper E. thrax.…”