From: Temperature adaptability of two clades of Aphelinus mali (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) in China
Parasitoid clade tested | Lower developmental threshold (°C) | Total DD (day-degree) per life stage (oviposition to adult eclosion) | ||
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Shandong clade | Liaoning clade | Shandong clade | Liaoning clade | |
♀ | 9.32 ± 1.62a | 12.96 ± 1.56b | 134.61 ± 20.77a | 88.42 ± 16.65b |
♂ | 10.61 ± 1.58a | 13.33 ± 0.79b | 116.12 ± 16.60a | 82.02 ± 7.36b |
♀ + ♂ | 9.82 ± 1.44 | 10.72 ± 0.24 | 126.45 ± 16.81 | 107.99 ± 3.44 |