In this chapter, fig pests are presented in four categories according to the plant part they
infest and the nature of their damage:(i) trunk and branch borers;(ii) leaf and shoot …

This chapter provides an overview of the most important arthropod pests of fig, taking into
consideration their destructiveness, distribution and regularity of occurrence, and discusses …

Punjab falls in the north-west subtropical zone of India wherein 17 fruit crops of sub-tropical,
tropical and temperate climatic requirements are being grown commercially. Fig is a new …

Glyptapanteles aristolochiae (Wilkinson) comb. nov. is reassigned and notes on host-
parasitoid interactions are provided. The extended host range of the genus Glyptapanteles …

More than 200 specimens were collected from six states of North East India (Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram) and 41 species were …

The fig leaf roller (FLR), Phycodes radiata (Ochsenheimer, 1808)(Lepidoptera:
Brachodidae), is an Oriental defoliator pest of Ficus spp. In the Oriental region, only two …

A heavy incidence of fig leaf roller (Phycodes radiata Ochsenheimer) was observed on an
ornamental shrub, weeping fig (Ficus benjamina L.) in Jabugam village of Bodeli taluka of …

Brachodidae are a small family of day-flying, rarely collected cossoid moths. Here, the
Brachodidae fauna of Sub-Saharan Africa and the neighboring Arabian Peninsula is …

The banana fruit caterpillar, Tiracola plagiata Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hadeninae)
is reported for the first time attacking the dolichos bean, Lablab purpureus L. The caterpillars …

A field study was conducted from 2019 to 2021 in the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh to
record the seasonal occurrence, infestation, and damage of the fig leaf roller, Phycodes …