Open-access INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF GONIPTERUS SCUTELLATUS GYLLENHAL, 1833 (COLEOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE) IN EUCALYPTUS VIMINALIS LABILL IN CURITIBA, STATE OF PARANÁ

ABSTRACT

A study of development of Gonipterus scutellatus Gyllenhal, 1833 was undertaken in laboratory, using Eucalyptus viminalis as host, at four different temperatures (18, 20, 22 and 24 ºC), R.H. 70±10% with 12 h of photophase. The influence of temperature was demonstrated and the lower thresholds were 9.16 ºC for eggs, 8.08 ºC for larvae and 8.60 ºC for prepupae and pupae. Similarly, the thermic constants were, respectively, 109.32; 271.36 and 518.04 ºD. The temperature requirements suggest the existence of two generations per year, a number which agrees with field observation.

KEY WORDS:
Curculionidae; development; temperature; Gonipterus scutellatus

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