Economical insects of different major food crops

1. Insect pest of Rice
1)Rice Hispa (Dicladispa armigera)

2. 2) Grass hopper (Heiroglyphus banian)

3. 3)Army worm(Mythimna separate)

4. 4) Green leaf hopper (Nephottetix
nigropticus,N. virescens)

5. 5) Brown plant hopper( Nilaparvata lugens)

6. 6)Yellow rice stem borer (Scirpophaga
incertula)

7. 6) Rice gundhi bug/Rice stink bug(Leptocorisa
oratorius)

8. 8) Rice leaf folder(Cnaphalocrocis medinalis)

9. 9) Gall midge(Orseolia oryzae)

10. Insect pest of Maize
1) Whit grub/ Chaffer beetle(Phyllophaga rugosa)
Fungal pathogen: Beauveria
bassiana

11. 2) Wire worm/ click beetle (Agriotes spp.)

12. 3)Pale Headed striped borer/ Maize stem
borer( Chilo partellus)

13. 4) Flower beetle( Chiloloba acuta)

14. Insects of leguminious crops
1. Soyabean Hairy caterpillar( Spilaractia casigneta)

15. 2) Legume pod bug (Anoplocnemis curvipes)

16. 3) Sphinx moth/ horn worm/ Z moth/
humming bird moth ( Herse convolvuli)

17. 4) Pea leaf miner(Phytomyza horticula)

18. 5) Pod fly (Melanagromyza obtusa)

19. Insects of Crucifer crops
1) Cabbage butterfly( Pieris brassicae nepalensis)
Apanteles
glomeratus

20. 2) Diamond Black moth (Plutella xyllostella)

21. 3) Flea beetle (Phyllotreta cruciferae)

22. 4) Mustard saw fly( Athalia lugens)

23. 5) Aphid
a) Green peach Aphid (Myzus persicae)

24. b) Cabbage Aphid (Brevicornye brassicae)

25. c) Mustard Aphid (Lipaphis erysimi)

26. 6) Cutworms (Agriotes ipsilon & agriotes
segetum)

27. 7) Tobbaco caterpillar (Spodoptera litura)

28. 8) Snail & slug

29. Insect of cucurbit crops
1) Pumpkin beetle(Red, Green, Blue pumpkin
beetle) (Aulacophora spp)

30. 2) Epilachna beetle/Spotted beetle (Epilachna
vigintiopunctata)

31. 3) Cucurbits stink bug (Coridius janus)

32. 4) Banded blister beetle(

33. 5) Cucurbit fruit fly( Bactrocera cucurbitae)
Female with ovipositorMale with round abdomen

34. Insect of Sugarcane
1) Sugarcane leaf hopper (Pyrilla perpusilla)

35. 2) Sugarcane white fly (Aleurolobus
barodensis)

36. 3) Sugarcane Mealy Bug (Saccharicocus
saccharis)

37. 4) Sugarcane early shoot borer (Chilo
infuscatellus)

38. 5) Sugarcane top borer (Scirpophaga nivella)

39. 6) Jute hairy caterpillar (Spilarachtia obliqua)

40. 7) Jute stem weevil (Apion corchori)

41. Insect of cotton
1) Red cotton bug (Dysdercus koenigii)

42. 2) Pink boll worm (Pectinophora gossypiella)

43. 3) Spiny bollworm (Earis insulana, Earis
vittella)

44. 4) Cotton Jassid (Amrasca biguttula)

45. Insect of Banana
1) Banana rhizome weevil (Cosmopolities sordidus)

46. 2) Banana pseudostem weevil (Odoiporus
longicollis)

47. 3) Banana leaf & Fruit scarring beetle
(Nodostoma viridipennis)

48. 4) Banana skipper (Erionata thrax thrax)

49. 5) Banana Aphid (Pentalonia nigronerosa)

50. Insect of Litchi
1) Litchi Bug (Tessaratoma papillosa)

51. 2) Litchi leaf curl mite (Aceria litchii)

52. Insect of Citrus
1) Citrus stink Bug (Rhynchocoris humeralis)

53. 2) Brown citrus Aphid (Toxoptera citricida)

54. 3) Citrus Red Scale (Aoinidiella aurantii)

55. 4) Orange/citrus stem borer (Stromatium
barbatum)

56. 5) Citrus psyllid (Diaphornia citri)

57. 6) Lemon butterfly (Papilio demoleus)

58. Insect of Mango
1) Mango hopper (Ideocopus niveosparsus)

59. 2) Mango stone weevil (Sternochetus
mangiferae)

60. 3) Mango stem borer (Bactrocera
rufomaculata)

61. 4) Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis)

62. 5) Mango mealy bug (Drosicha mangiferae)

63. 6) Shoot gall maker (Apsylla cistellata)

64. Insect of Tea & Coffee
1) Tea mosquito bug/plant bug (Heliopeltis
theovora)

65. 2) White stem borer/Coffee stem borer
(Xylotrechus quadripes)

66. Insect of temperate fruit
1) Tent caterpillar (Malacosoma indica)

67. 2) Apple wooly Aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum)

68. 3) San Jose scale (Diaspidiotus perniciosus)

69. 4) Apple stem borer (Zeuzera spp.)

70. 5) Apple root borer (Dorysthenes huhelis)

71. 6) Slug caterpillar (Cania sp., orthocraspeda
sp., Natada sp.)

72. 7) Apple codling moth (Cydia pomonella)

73. Storage insect
1) Rice Moth (Corcyra cephalonica)

74. 2) Rice weevil, Maize weevil, Grain weevil
(Sitophilus oryzae, S. zeamays, S. granaries)

75. 3) Lesser grain borer (Rhizopertha dominica)

76. 4) Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium)

77. 5) Pulse beetle (Callosobruchus chinensis)

78. 6) Rust red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum)

79. Rodents
1) House Rat (Rattus rattus)

80. 2) House mouse (Mus musculus)

81. 3) Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)

82. 4) Lesser Bandicoot Rat (Bandicota
bengalensis)

83. 5) Large Bandicoot Rat (Bandicota indica)