ENTOMOLOGY :- Insect Pests of Field Crops and their Management

COTTON

1.Spotted Bollworm(Earias vittella)

2.American Bollworm(Helicoverpa armigera)

Larva

Adult

3.Pink Bollworm(Pectinophora gossypiella)

4.Cotton leaf worm(Spodoptera litura)

Emerging larva from eggs

Larva

Adult

Damage 

5.Aphid(Aphis gossypii)

6.Jassid/Leaf hopper(Amrasca biguttula biguttula)

7.Whitefly(Bemicia tabaci)

8.Thrips(Thrips tabaci)

9.Mites(Tetranychus cinnabarinus)

10.Mealybug(Phenacoccus solenopsis)

11.Red Cotton Bug(Dysdercus cingulatus Fabricius)

Nymph

Adult

Adult

12.Dusky Cotton Bug(Oxycarenus hyalinipennis)

13.Cotton Semilooper(Anomis flava Fabricius)

14.Cotton Grey Weevil(Myllocerus undecimpustulatus)

15. Olepa ricini (Fabricius)

Maize, Sorghum, Bajra and Wheat

1. Stem Borer(Chilo partellus)

Eggs

Pupa

Larva

Adult

Damage

Damage

2.Sorghum Shoot Fly/Stem Fly(Atherigona soccata)

3.Gall Midge(Contarinia sorghicola)

4.Webworm(Cryptoblales gnidiella)

5.Myllocerus weevil

6.Earhead Worm(Helicoverpa armigera)

 

7.Surface Grasshopper(Chrotogonus trachypterus)

8.Stink bug

9.GHCP

10.Aphid(Rhapalosiphum maidis)

11.Pink Borer(Sesamia inferens)

 

12.Termite

PADDY

1.Paddy stem borer

larva

Adult

2.brown plant hopper(Nilaparvata lugens)

3.Paddy green leaf hopper(Nephotettix nigropictus)

4.Rice leaf roller

Damage

Larva

5.Rice hispa

6.Rice horned caterpillar (Melanitis Leda ismene)

7.Rice blue beetle(Leptispa pygmaea)

8.Paddy grass hopper(Hieroglyphus banian)

TOBACCO

1.Tobacco leaf eating caterpillar (S.litura)

2.Tobacco cut worm(Agrotis ipsilon)

3.white fly(Bemisia tabaci)

4.Tobacco Grasshopper(Atractomorpha crenulata (Fabricius))

Castor

1. Castor Semilooper 

Larva

Adult 

Damage

2. Castor butterfly (Ariadne merione (Cramer)

Sumhemp 

1. Sunhemp hairy caterpillar

Adult

Mustard 

1. Mustard sawfly

Damage and larva

Sesamum


1. Sesamum leaf Webber/roller

larva

Damage

2. GHCP

Damage

damage

Groundnut 

1.GHCP

Damage 

Safflower

1. Safflower aphid