Table 1 Mean consumption capacity, C₀, and Q_p of Anthocoris minki pistaciae fed on Agonoscena pistaciae at three different temperatures under laboratory conditions

Egg

15

0

15

0

15

0

1^st nymphl instar

15

14.6 ± 0.46^b

15

8.73 ± 0.27^c

15

15.07 ± 0.21^a

2^nd nymphl instar

14

22.57 ± 0.44^a

14

11.86 ± 0.54^c

14

20.57 ± 0.4^b

3^rd nymphl instar

14

38.64 ± 0.69^a

13

24.62 ± 0.29^c

13

35.15 ± 0.27^b

4^th nymphl instar

14

63.36 ± 0.74^a

13

39 ± 0.45^c

13

56.85 ± 0.36^b

5^th nymphl instar

14

80.21 ± 4.96^b**

13

91.69 ± 1.01^a

13

79.38 ± 0.64^b

Total nymphal stage

15

205.73 ± 14.34^a

15

154.4 ± 14.63^c

15

182.8 ± 16.64^b

Adult male

5

803.4 ± 22.8^b

4

839.75 ± 95.26^b

4

994.75 ± 11.95^a

Adult female

9

1086 ± 15.27^c

9

1281.44 ± 31.63^b

9

1435.89 ± 27.09^a

Adult mean

14

985.07 ± 39.49^c

13

1145.54 ± 67.99^b

13

1300.15 ± 61.38^a

Net predation rate (C₀)

–

1125.32 ± 84.28^b

–

1147.22 ± 127.5^b

–

1309.13 ± 140.43^a

Transformation rate (Q_p)

–

36.45 ± 7.97^b

–

39.05 ± 7.1^b

–

54. 67 ± 10.67^a