ENTOMOLOGY :- Harmful and Beneficial Insects

Harmful insects

Spodoptera litura

order =  Lepidoptera

Control measures

Mechanical = Hand picking 

 Cultural = Trap crop (Castor) and

 = Tillage

Helicoverpa armigera

order =  Lepidoptera

Control measures

Mechanical = Hand picking 

 Cultural = Trap crop (Merigold) and

 = Tillage

Lemon butterfly

order =  Lepidoptera

Control measures

Mechanical = Hand nets and Bag nets

Anar butterfly

order =  Lepidoptera

Control measures

Mechanical = Wrapping (Mechanical exclusion)

GHCP

order =  Lepidoptera

Castor Semilooper

order =  Lepidoptera

Til Sphinx moth

 order =  Lepidoptera

Fruit sucking moth

order =  Lepidoptera

Control measures

Mechanical = Wrapping (Mechanical exclusion)

Potato Tuber moth

order =  Lepidoptera

Sugercane pyrilla

order =  Hemiptera

Control measures

Mechanical = Hand nets and Bag nets

Termite

order =  Isoptera

House of termite = Termatoria

Control measures

 Cultural = Irrigation

Rhinoceros beetle

order =  Coleoptera

Control measures

Mechanical = Beating and hooking

Mango stem borer

order =  Coleoptera

Control measures

Mechanical = Beating and hooking 

Grass hopper

order =  Orthoptera

Control measures

Mechanical = Hand nets and Bag nets

 =Burning by Flame torches/ flame throwers

White grub

order =  Coleoptera

Control measures

Mechanical = Shaking and jarring

Rice yellow stem borer

order =  Lepidoptera

Control measures

Mechanical = Clipping

Housefly

order =  Diptera

Cockroach

order = Dictyoptera

Cricket

Lac Insects

Beneficial insects

Lady bird beetle

order =  Coleoptera

Predator - used as Biological control

Chrysoperla

 order = Neuroptera

Mantid

order = Dictyoptera

Tiger Beetle

Dragonfly

order =  Odonata

Management tools

Pheromone trap

USE - Control Male Fruitfly by Methyl eugenol and Cue lure.

- Moths and Butterfly by Fermanting Syrup, sugar, and Molasses.

- Fruitfly by Protein hydrolysis.

- Snail and slug by Metaldehyde.