Biology and Morphometric Characterization of the Invasive Pest Spodoptera frugiperda in Agricultural Regions of South Sulawesi, Indonesia: Implications for Pest Management
Melina Melina, Sulaeha Sulaeha, Nurfauziyah Nurfauziyah, Nidhi Chaudhary · 2025
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Description
Melina and co-authors profile the life cycle of the fall armyworm, a crop pest newly spread through Indonesia, in farm regions of South Sulawesi. The moth came from the Americas and hits maize hardest. Their 2025 lab study raised larvae on baby corn and timed every stage, from egg laying through adult death, while measuring body sizes at each step.
Females laid about 133 eggs on average, hatching within two days. Larvae passed six stages over roughly two weeks, then pupated for nine to eleven days. Adults lived about a week for males and up to thirteen days for females, giving full spans near thirty to thirty-five days. Deaths clustered in the first larval stage and the pupal stage. The authors offer the data as a base for local pest control planning.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Melina Melina, Sulaeha Sulaeha, Nurfauziyah Nurfauziyah, Nidhi Chaudhary |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |