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Table 1 Duration of each developmental stage of Spodoptera frugiperda on maize and kidney bean

From: Age-stage, two-sex life table analysis of Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) reared on maize and kidney bean

Duration, days

Hosts

Maize

Kidney bean

Egg

3.40 ± 0.06

3.43 ± 0.05

1st instar

2.54 ± 0.05*

3.15 ± 0.06

2nd instar

2.50 ± 0.05*

3.19 ± 0.06

3rd instar

1.88 ± 0.07

1.74 ± 0.06

4th instar

2.50 ± 0.06

2.49 ± 0.06

5th instar

2.70 ± 0.07*

3.96 ± 0.08

6th instar

3.57 ± 0.07*

4.68 ± 0.08

Egg + larva

19.04 ± 0.19*

22.56 ± 0.22

Prepupa

2.20 ± 0.07

2.13 ± 0.06

Pupa

12.04 ± 0.10*

13.07 ± 0.15

Female adult

16.15 ± 0.51*

14.76 ± 0.36

Male adult

16.25 ± 0.38*

14.95 ± 0.18

  1. The data in the table are mean values ± SE
  2. *Means P < 0.05 (paired bootstrap test)