Author/Authors :
Farahani, S. Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands - Agricultural Research - Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, iran , Salehi, M. Research Center of Agriculture and Natural Resource of Guilan - Agricultural Research - Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Rasht, iran , Farashiani, M. E. Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands - Agricultural Research - Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, iran , Kazerani, F. Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands - Agricultural Research - Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, iran , Kouhjani-Gorji, M. Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands - Agricultural Research - Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, iran , Khaleghi Trujeni, S. N. Range and Watersheds management organization - Natural Resource of Cheshmeh-Bolbol, Bandar Gaz, iran , Ahangaran, Y. General Office of Natural Resources of Mazandaran Province, Chalous, iran , Babaei, M. R. Research Center of Agriculture and Natural Resource of Mazandaran - Agricultural Research - Eucation and Extension Organization (AREEO), Sari, iran , Yarmand, H. Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands - Agricultural Research - Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, iran , Omid, R. Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands - Agricultural Research - Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, iran , Talebi, A. A. Department of Entomology - Faculty of Agriculture - Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, iran
Abstract :
Box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859), is one of the major destructive
pests that feed on the leaves and shoots of various Buxus species. In the course of this
survey, the life cycle of C. perspectalis was studied in laboratory and natural (Hyrcanian
Forests) conditions. The laboratory experiments were carried out at temperature of
25±1ºC, 70±10% relative humidity and a photo phase of 16 light: 8 dark hours. The
average duration of an egg, larva, pre-pupa, pupa, as well as female and male longevity
were 5.09±0.04, 23.15±0.17, 1.04±0.02, 7.80±0.05, 15.31±0.73 and 12.92±0.71 days,
respectively. As an important pest newly introduced in northern Iran, the Box tree moth
completes two and partial third generations per year. The results of this study would be
useful for improving pest management strategies.
