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. 2013 May 15;4(2):185–197. doi: 10.3390/insects4020185

Table 2.

Time-span in days of Tuta absoluta life-stages developing at the various temperatures tested (no food supplied for adult moths). Different letters within columns denotes significant differences (p < 0.05).

Temperature (°C) Egg hatch Larvae Adult Total life-span
7 - - - -
10 21 a 27 a,* - -
13 7 b 51 b 14 a 72
19 5 b 32 a 14 a 52
23 4 b 16 a 15 a 35
25 4 b 19 a 12 a 35
23/18 3 b 31 a 10 a 44

* Did not survive to adult.