Resumen en inglés

The cultivation of oil palm E. guineensis, presents as a causative agent of damage the lace bug of the genus Leptopharsa, which within its morphological and biological aspects under field conditions at temperatures 29.6 ± 4.3 ° C and relative humidity 72, 13%, which identified the presence of the species L. gibbicarina showing a life cycle of 72.52 ± 12.04 days. Likewise, the average duration in days is, egg 18 ± 1.03 days; nymphal state 21.11 ± 3.31 days, corresponding to the first instar 3.26 ± 0.69; Second instar nymph 3.96 ± 0.71; third instar nymph 4.87 ± 0.78; fourth instar nymph 2.68 ± 0.56; Fifth instar nymph 6.34 ± 0.87. The average longevity was 32.27 ± 15.22 days for males and 36.90 ± 15.57 days for females. The mean preoviposition was 8.16 ± 2.25 days, number of layings per female 56.50 ± 13.64 eggs, oviposition time 26.16 ± 2.25 days, average number of eggs per day 3.21 eggs. The average percentage of viable eggs 85.90%, non viable eggs 14.09%. Finally, when comparing these results with those obtained by other authors, it is possible to establish that, according to research carried out under controlled conditions, most of the results in this study under uncontrolled conditions are similar to those found by Barrios et al (2015), in Copei Cesar, an area with a temperature close to that of Monteria, Córdoba.