Desarrollo, reproducción y tablas de vida de Nesidiocoris tenuis Reuter empleando como presa estadios inmaduros de mosca blanca.

The life cycle duration and the ecological parameters of the predator Nesidiocoris tenuis Reuter were determined under laboratory conditions at 26.7 ± 2 ° C, 66.39 ± 10% RH and photoperiod 10:14. For this purpose, tomato plants, Solanum lycopersicum L. var. L43, were used as substrate and eggs and nymphs of Bemisia tabaci Gennadius biotype B as food. The development time for eggs and nymphs of this predator were 11 and 27 days, respectively. The mortality of the immature stages was 28%, the longevity of females 13 days and the sex ratio 0, 56. Other parameters were: the net reproductive rate Ro = 23, the intrinsic rate of increase rm = 0.111 day- 1, the finite growth rate λ= 1.2, the average generation time T = 28.7 days and the population doubling time TD = 6.3 days [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]