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psylla, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama indicated egg laying by the
female insect in clusters or groups of double and triple straight
lines into petioles, axillary buds, upper and lower surfaces of
young leaves and tjk;jhjhjhjhjhjhjender stems (unopened leaf
bud) with the help of strong pointed ovipositor and are anchored
by means of a short stalk embedded in the plant tissue. Freshly
laid egg was elongated, almond shaped and yellow coloured and
measured 0.25 ± 0.01 mm in length and 0.09 ± 0.01 mm in width.
The egg period was 3.64 ± 0.70 days. Hatching of eggs was 66 ±
4.65 per cent.
The nymph jklhjklhjjhuoyhupassed through five
distinct instars wherein duration of first, second, third, fourth
and fifth instar nymphs were 2.28 ± 0.46, 1.76 ± 0.44, 2.68 ±
0.90, 2.52 ± 0.51 and 4.56 ± 0.51 days, respectively. The total
nymphal development period of D.citri was 13.80 ± 1.26 days.
The length of first, second, third, fourth and fifth instars nymphs
were 0.28 ± 0.03, 0.40 ±yfgfgfgfghf 0.03, 0.81 ± 0.09, 1.06 ±
0.06 and 1.60 ± 0.13 mm, while their width were 0.17 ± 0.01,
0.23 ± 0.04, 0.40 ± 0.04, 0.66 ± 0.07 and 0.99 ± 0.04 mm,
respectively when reared on citrus.
Adults were small, brownish coloured sap-sucking
insects. Males had a smagfgkfjghfgghfjhffgjkfgfghfghller
pronotum and shorter wings than females. The length of male
adult psyllid was smaller than the female. Females had a pointed
tip and males had blgfghunt tip on posterior end of the abdomen.
The average length of male and female were 2.02 ± 0.07 and
2.92 ± 0.10 mm, respectively while their width was 0.69 ± 0.09
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oviposition, oviposition and post-oviposition periods were 2.93±
0.59, 20.8 ± 5.03 and 3.47 ± 0.99 days, respectively. The
fecundity of the female psyllid was 564.67 ± 34.91 eggs. The
average longevity of male aukkiujhnd female insects were 22.27
± 2.19 and 28.13 ± 2.77 days, jlrespectively . The total life
period from egg laying to the death of adult male was 38.27 ±
2.19 days and female was 43.87 ± 2.97 days.

Studies based on host preference indicated significant

differences in egg laying among different hosts by citrus psylla
wherein maximum eggs were laid on curry leaf (Murrya koenigii
L.) (191.12/plant) indicating maximum preference and lowest
eggs were laid on mandarin (Citrus grandis L.) (29.46/plant)
indicating lowest preference .
In population dynamics of D. citri and effect of
weather parameters study, highest population (10.23 adults and
nymphs/twig/plant) was observed during 3 r d fortnight of August,
2017 (34 t h std. week) while, it remained lowest (0.20/twig/plant)
on 52 n d STW of 2017. Extremes of high and low temperatures
were both observed injurious to the pest.