Replication data for: African pink stemborer, Sesamia calamistis (Hampson 1910)

The effect of temperature on the development of immature stages and survival, as well as adult longevity and reproduction of Sesamia calamistis was studied in controlled incubator chambers at eight constant temperatures from 15º to 30ºC on its host maize. 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. The best fit model was selected based on Akaike’s Information Criterion, a well-known goodness of fit indicator or other built in statistics (R2, Adjusted R2, MSE). The development of the Sesamia calamistis phenology model and its life-table parameter simulation were conducted using the Insect Life Cycle Modeling (ILCYM) software version 3.0 developed by CIP. It is freely available at CIP’s website https://research.cip.cgiar.org/confluence/display/ilcym/本研究以寄主玉米为食料，在可控恒温培养箱中设置15℃至30℃共8个恒定温度梯度，探究温度对玉米蛀茎夜蛾（Sesamia calamistis）未成熟期发育、存活率，以及成虫寿命与繁殖能力的影响。研究将恒温条件下生命表研究所获数据，按照昆虫生命周期建模（Insect Life Cycle Modeling，简称ILCYM）的“模型构建器”模块要求，整理为非完整生命表格式，用于发育物候模型（涵盖发育时长及其变异、发育速率、衰老、死亡率、总产卵量及相对产卵频率）的处理、分析与构建。随后采用ILCYM的“验证与模拟”模块开展生命表参数模拟与模型验证工作。本研究基于赤池信息准则（Akaike’s Information Criterion，AIC，常用拟合优度评价指标）及其他内置统计量（决定系数R²、校正决定系数Adjusted R²、均方误差MSE）筛选最优拟合模型。本研究借助国际马铃薯中心（Centro Internacional de la Papa，简称CIP）开发的昆虫生命周期建模（ILCYM）3.0版软件，完成了玉米蛀茎夜蛾物候模型的构建及其生命表参数模拟工作。该软件可于国际马铃薯中心官网https://research.cip.cgiar.org/confluence/display/ilcym/免费获取。