Computer simulation of control strategies for Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae).

Abstract

A computer simulation model for the prediction of population densities of Culex tarsalis is described. The model is dependent on the daily temperatures to which the mosquito population is exposed, and permits the incorporation and modification of various data which depend on geographical area, such as dates for diapause and autogeny rates. The model allows the study of the independent or combined effects of larvicide application, adulticide application and release of sterile males on both population density and genotype frequencies at 2 loci affecting insecticide resistance. Population density and genotype frequencies are computed separately for the various cohorts of each life stage of the insect.