Life table of spilosoma obliqua (lepidoptera: arctiidae) on sunflower

Life table statistics on the age-specific fecundity and survival of female Spilosoma obliqua Walker reared on sunflower showed a net reproductive rate of 513.6 eggs per female, with approximate generation time of 48.2 days. Its intrinsic rate of increase (rm) was 0.1295, meaning that its population could double in 5.35 days. Spilosoma Obliqua on sunflower was parasitised by Apanteles obliquae, Glyptapanteles creatonoti and Carcelia sp.