곤충은 주변환경에 적응하며 발육과 번식을 통해 진화하여 왔다. 온도발육모형을 이용하여 곤충과 응애 분류군별 공통고유최적온도, 발육 최적온도, 산란최적온도를 산출하기 위해 112편의 논문에서 응애류 14종, 딱정벌레목 8종, 파리목 5종, 노린재목 31종, 벌목 7종, 나비목 18종, 메뚜기목 1목, 다듬이벌레목 5종, 총채벌레목 5종의 온도발육과 산란자료를 분석하였다. 분석을 통하여 총채벌레목을 제외하고 공통고유최적온 도는 발육최적온도보다는 산란최적온도와 차이가 적었다. 본 종설을 통해 공통고유최적온도는 발육최적온도보다는 산란최적온도와 밀접한 관계 가 있을 가능성이 높음을 제안하였다.

The development and fitness of insects depend on the temperature to which they are exposed. The thermal windows are defined as the temperature range between the minimum and maximum rate of development for individual species. The intrinsic optimal temperature for development proposed by Ikemoto is one of important factors that determine the fitness of optimum life history. The temperature requirements for development of 65 species from five orders of insects was obtained from several journals. The minimum and maximum rate of development was estimated using empirical models. The temperature tolerance range of enzyme activation was estimated using Shape-Schoolfield-Ikemoto (SSI) model. The mean and range of intrinsic optimal temperature were 20.89°C and 15.7~27.7°C. The mean intrinsic optimal temperatures of Hemiptera and Endopterygota (Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera) were 20.97°C and 20.71°C. The mean and range of thermal windows were 25.59°C and 16.69~36.13°C. The mean thermal windows of Hemiptera and Endopterygota were 25.53°C and 25.62°C. also not much different. Each species of insects had a limited temperature range for development. It is needed further studies for understanding the ecological, physiological and evolutionary response of insects to their thermal environments.