Biology and morphometry of corcyra cephalonica stain in sesamum seeds during storage

Studies on the biology of Corcyra cephalonica on three sesamum (Sesamum indicum) varieties viz. Smarak (white), Amrit (brown) and Prachi (black) were carried out. The mean duration of egg, larval, pupal and adult period of Corcyra cephalonica were recorded 3.67, 27.73, 7.80 and 6.80 days on variety Smarak, 5.00, 28.73, 8.73 and 7.60 days on variety Amrit and 5.80, 30.13, 10.40 and 8.40 days on variety Prachi respectively.