Botanical Names Of Insects Flashcards
Cotton bill worms
Helcoverpa armigera
Rice white stem borer
Maliarpha separatella
Beans weevil
Callosobruchus maculatus
Khapra beetle
Trogoderma granarium
Horse fly
Tabanus atratus
Humans by botfly
Dermatobia hominis (fleas and lice)
Silk worm
Bombyx mori
Honey bee
Apis mellifera
Cochneal insects feed on
Opuntia dillenii
Parthenium bettles eats on
parthenium
Carrion beetles, Rove beetles are?
Scavengers
Ants, bettles, larva of cutworms, crickets, collembola are?
Soil builders
B.fusca has a wingspan of ?
35mm
B.fusca hatches it egg in about how many days?
Larval period lasts for how many days?
7-10 days
33-35 days
Chemical control of B.fusca and Sesamia
Carbofuran as granules
Carbaryl and deltamethrin(as an emulsifiable concentrate) Can be effective to control young larvae of 20-40 days.
Lamda-cyhalothrin and monocrotophos are effective applied after 5% of the eggs are found on the plant.
Cowpea
Aphids
Aphis craccivora
Beanflies
Ophiomyia phaseoli
Leafhoppers
Empoasca spp
Leaf beetle
Ootheca mutabilis
Flower thrips
Megalurothrips sjostedti (cowpea)
Pod borer include
Maruca testulalis, and the bug complex viz Clavigralla tomentosicollis, Anoplocnemis curvipes, Mirperus jaculus, Aspavia armigera.
Cowpea botanical name?
Vigna unguiculata L. Walp
Legume pod borer (Maruca testulalis) belongs to the family?
Pyralidae
Maruca testulalis belongs to the order?
Lepidoptera
Maruca testulalis adult moth has a wingspan of?
16-27mm
Mature larvae of Maruca testulalis in s
16mm
Maruca testulalis egg hatches in?
2-3 days and 5 larval instars
Maruca testulalis larval period lasts for?
8-14 days depending on the climatic and food availability
Maruca testulalis adult emerges ?
5-10 days
May live for 5-15 days
Chemical control of Maruca testulalis;
Dimethoate + cypermethrin
Mixture deltamethrin combined with dimethoate and lamda-cyhalothrin combined with dimethoate
Cotton belongs to what spp.?
Gossypium spp
