Table 3 Life-table parameters related to the pest kill rate of predators and parasitoids of Tuta absoluta.

From: The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta

Species

K0

Tk

km ln K0/Tk

km Lotka-Euler

Predators

C. infumatus

991.33

35.51

0.1942

0.2801

E. varians

748.04

31.34

0.1942

0.2940

M. basicornis

889.45

38.91

0.1745

0.2694

M. pygmaeus

445.06

30.14

0.2023

0.2708

N. tenuis

487.13

29.12

0.2125

0.3130

T. cucurbitaceus

543.90

34.57

0.1822

0.3152

Parasitoids

B. nigricans*

29.89

28.16

0.1207

0.1578

D. phthorimaeae*

2.49

22.54

0.0405

0.0410

D. gelechiidivoris

25.95

27.78

0.1172

0.1189

N. tutae*

92.32

23.46

0.1929

0.2409

P. dignus

79.20

29.51

0.1482

0.1546

T. pretiosum—food*

3.64

10.95

0.1180

0.1180

T. pretiosum on Ephestia + food

33.84

16.06

0.2192

0.2355

T. pretiosum F1 on Tuta + food

30.64

18.32

0.1868

0.1998

T. bactrae

46.42

13.59

0.2823

0.3031

  1. K0 = net consumption rate; Tk = mean predation/parasitization time; km = pest kill rate; * = species causing death of host by stinging and/or host feeding.
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