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. 2021 Apr 22;12(5):378. doi: 10.3390/insects12050378

Table 4.

Summary sterile EGVM release data for Requinoa pilot project conducted during August 2019–May 2020 (N/A = data not applicable).

Statistic Number Range Comments
Release period 20 August 2019 to 5 May 2020 N/A Two per week shipments by overnight air cargo from Arica
Total No. of shipments 57 N/A 17 missed releases: 1 missed release/week for 19 September 2019, 3 October 2019, 12 November 2019, and 12 December 2019; 7 complete missed weeks for 8 October to 29 October 2019, 11 January to 18 January 2020, and 7 April 2020
Shipping Temperatures 1.85–7.8 °C (average low, high) −0.59–9.86 °C Data available for 11 shipments
No. moths released/week, mean (SE) 20,334 (2705) 7107–60,430
No. moths released/ha, mean (SE) 813 (108) 284–2417
Total No. moths released 752,353 N/A
Flyers/shipment (%), mean (SE) 80.9 (2.8)% 21.9–93.5% Field laboratory flight testing at ambient outdoor temperatures