Abstract
Abstract Stage-specific survival, growth, developmental biology, and biometry of the sharpshooter Homalodisca coagulata (Say) were studied in the laboratory under controlled conditions of 27 ± 1°C, 65 ± 5 RH, and a photoperiod of 14:10 (L:D) h. Nymphs and adults were individually reared on excised cowpea, Vigna unguiculata L. Walp., plants maintained in floral aquapics containing a hydroponic solution. Embryonic development of eggs was completed in 7.1 ± 0.8 d with 92.6% of the incubated eggs hatching. Nymphs molted five times, and the nymphal period of 61 ± 2.9 d for females was 1.2-fold significantly longer than that of males. The second nymphal stage was the shortest for both sexes (6.1 ± 0.5 d for females and 5.8 ± 0.8 d for males), whereas the last instar was the longest for females only. Stage-specific mortality was similar between instars; ≈36% of the nymphs molted to adults. H. coagulata adult sex ratio was not significantly different from a 1:1 ratio. Adult females lived 52 ± 11 d, and females de...
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