Exercise 2: Introduction to Insect Orders

Question 1

INSECT ORDERS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT YIELD LOSS

Answer 1

1. lepidoptera
2. coleoptera
3. hemiptera
4. thysanoptera
5. orthoptera
6. diptera

Question 2

INSECT ORDERS AS SOURCE OF MAJOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS

Answer 2

1. neuroptera
2. coleoptera
3. hemiptera
4. odonata
5. diptera
6. dermaptera

Question 3

INSECT ORDERS AS PARASITOIDS

Answer 3

1. hymenoptera
2. diptera

Question 4

MOST BENEFICIAL INSECT ORDER

Answer 4

1. hymenoptera

Question 5

BENEFICIAL FUNCTIONS OF HYMENOPTERA

Answer 5

1. honeybee: pollinators
2. wasps: parasitoids

Question 6

INSECT ORDERS AS URBAN PESTS

Answer 6

1. diptera
2. phtiraptera
3. siphonaptera
4. hemiptera
5. blattodea
6. coleoptera
7. isoptera