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A laboratory rearing method for the cocoa Mirid Distantiella theobroma (Dist.) (Hemiptera, Miridae)*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

G. Prins
G. Prins
Affiliation:
Cocoa Research Institute (Ghana Academy of Science), New Tafo, Ghana
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Extract

A method is described for continuous rearing of Distantiella theobroma (Dist.) in the laboratory at approximately 75°F. and 65 per cent, relative humidity. Adults were caged on young cocoa twigs, and the mated females transferred to cocoa seedlings for egg-laying; 24 hours after hatching, the nymphs were transferred to unripe cocoa pods. The egg and nymphal stages lasted about 14–16 and 23 days, respectively.

Type
Research Paper
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 55 , Issue 4 , May 1965 , pp. 615 - 616
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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References

Raw, F. (1959). An insectary method for rearing cacao mirids, Distantiella theobroma (Dist.) and Sahlbergella singularis Hagl.—Bull. ent. Res. 50 pp. 11–12.CrossRefGoogle Scholar