Botanical Names Of Insects

Question 1

Cotton bill worms

Answer 1

Helcoverpa armigera

Question 2

Rice white stem borer

Answer 2

Maliarpha separatella

Question 3

Beans weevil

Answer 3

Callosobruchus maculatus

Question 4

Khapra beetle

Answer 4

Trogoderma granarium

Question 5

Horse fly

Answer 5

Tabanus atratus

Question 6

Humans by botfly

Answer 6

Dermatobia hominis (fleas and lice)

Question 7

Silk worm

Answer 7

Bombyx mori

Question 8

Honey bee

Answer 8

Apis mellifera

Question 9

Cochneal insects feed on

Answer 9

Opuntia dillenii

Question 10

Parthenium bettles eats on

Answer 10

parthenium

Question 11

Carrion beetles, Rove beetles are?

Answer 11

Scavengers

Question 12

Ants, bettles, larva of cutworms, crickets, collembola are?

Answer 12

Soil builders

Question 13

B.fusca has a wingspan of ?

Answer 13

35mm

Question 14

B.fusca hatches it egg in about how many days?

Larval period lasts for how many days?

Answer 14

7-10 days

33-35 days

Question 15

Chemical control of B.fusca and Sesamia

Answer 15

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.

Question 16

Cowpea
Aphids

Answer 16

Aphis craccivora

Question 17

Beanflies

Answer 17

Ophiomyia phaseoli

Question 18

Leafhoppers

Answer 18

Empoasca spp

Question 19

Leaf beetle

Answer 19

Ootheca mutabilis

Question 20

Flower thrips

Answer 20

Megalurothrips sjostedti (cowpea)

Question 21

Pod borer include

Answer 21

Maruca testulalis, and the bug complex viz Clavigralla tomentosicollis, Anoplocnemis curvipes, Mirperus jaculus, Aspavia armigera.

Question 22

Cowpea botanical name?

Answer 22

Vigna unguiculata L. Walp

Question 23

Legume pod borer (Maruca testulalis) belongs to the family?

Answer 23

Pyralidae

Question 24

Maruca testulalis belongs to the order?

Answer 24

Lepidoptera

Question 25

Maruca testulalis adult moth has a wingspan of?

Answer 25

16-27mm

Question 26

Mature larvae of Maruca testulalis in s

Answer 26

16mm

Question 27

Maruca testulalis egg hatches in?

Answer 27

2-3 days and 5 larval instars

Question 28

Maruca testulalis larval period lasts for?

Answer 28

8-14 days depending on the climatic and food availability

Question 29

Maruca testulalis adult emerges ?

Answer 29

5-10 days May live for 5-15 days

Question 30

Chemical control of Maruca testulalis;

Answer 30

Dimethoate + cypermethrin Mixture deltamethrin combined with dimethoate and lamda-cyhalothrin combined with dimethoate

Question 31

Cotton belongs to what spp.?

Answer 31

Gossypium spp