Research Article | Published: 01 June 2015

New Record of Insect Pests on Seedlings of Eucalyptus

N. Roychoudhury, Subhash Chandra, Ram Bhajan Singh, Shashi Kiran Barve and Anand Kumar Das

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 38 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 117-124 | 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2015-B58E7V | Cite this article

Abstract

The present paper reports the occurrence of insects damaging Eucalyptus in nursery stage. Out of nine insects recorded, seven species observed as occasional defoliating species, viz. Achaea janata (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae), Catapsilia crocale Cramer (Lepidoptera : Pieridae), Dasychira grotei Moore (Lepidoptera : Lymantriidae), Eurema hecabe Linnaeus (Lepidoptera : Pieridae), Hyposidra talaca (Walker) (Lepidoptera : Geometridae), Lymantria sobrina Moore (Lepidoptera : Lymantriidae) and Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae), one rare sap-sucking species, Chrysocoris purpureus Westwood (Heteroptera : Pentatomodae) and one gall making species, Leptocybe invasa Fisher & LaSalle (Hymenoptera : Eulophidae). Among the nine species collected, six defoliators and one sap sucker are new addition to the Eucalyptus entomology. Further, H. talaca is the first record of occurrence on Eucalyptus in India. On the basis of percentage infestation/damage caused by above insects, L. invasa, commonly known as blue gum chalcid wasp, was recorded only as a key insect pest in nursery stage of Eucalyptus. The results have been discussed in the light of the present observations.

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New Record, Insect Pests, Eucalyptus, Seedlings

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Fig. 1

Newly developed nursery of Eucalyptus at this Institute

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Adult moth of A. janata

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Adult butterfly of C. crocale

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Adult moth of D. grotei

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Adult butterfly of E. hecabe

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Full grown larva of H. talaca

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Pupae of H. talaca

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Adult moth of H. talaca

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Adult moth of L. sobrina

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Seedling of Eucalyptus damaged by early stage larvae of S. litura

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Penultimate larval instar of S. litura

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Freshly ecdysed last larval instar of S. litura

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Full grown last larval instar of S. litura

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Adult moth of S. litura

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Adult bug of C. purpureus

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Galls in Eucalyptus

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Adult wasp of L. invasa

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Roychoudhury, N., Chandra, S., Singh, R.B., Barve, S.K. and Das, A.K., 2015. New Record of Insect Pests on Seedlings of Eucalyptus. Indian Journal of Forestry, 38(2), pp.117-124. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2015-B58E7V

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