Abstract
The brindled bell moth, Epalxiphora axenana (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) was reared individually from neonate larva to adult on an artificial diet for 8 successive generations, and on foliage of kawakawa (Macropiper excelsum) for 1 generation. At 22±1°C, 50-60% RH and 18 h photoperiod, the respective life cycle parameters on artificial diet and host plant were as follows: mean development period from neonate larva to adult 38 and 41 days; average neonate larva to pupa period, 26 and 31 days; pupal period, 12 and 11 days; mean female pupal weights, 68.4 and 43.4 mg and mean male pupal weights 59.0 and 35.1 mg. The average percent adult emergence from neonate larvae was 74% and 41% respectively.
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