Effect of alternating temperatures on food utilization of tomato fruit borer, Helicoverpa armigera

Effect of ambient temperature on food consumption and utilization by eggplant shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

“…Initial larval instars have higher AD values due to selective consumption of food with high nutritive value as compared to the older instars (Parra et al, 2012). Declining AD in subsequent instars has been recorded in H. armigera by several workers by Dalal and Arora (2018).…”