Replication data for: Serpentine leafminer fly, Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard 1926)

The effect of temperature on the development of immature stages and survival, as well as adult longevity and reproduction of L. huidobrensis was studied in controlled incubator chambers (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., MA) at seven constant temperatures of 10°, 15°, 20°, 25°, 30°, 32°, and 35°C on its host faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Data loggers (Hobo H8, Onset, MA) were used to monitor the temperature conditions. Relative humidity in the chambers was maintained at about 60% by placing containers with water; the photoperiod was kept at 12(L):12(D) hr.

Data collected in the life-table studies under constant temperature conditions were arranged in incomplete life-table formats as required by ILCYM’s ‘model builder’ to process, analyze and develop the phenology model (development time and its variation, development rate, senescence, mortality, total oviposition and relative oviposition frequency). ILCYM’s ‘validation and simulation’ module was applied for simulating life-table parameters and for model validation.