The use of DNA barcodes, which are short gene sequences taken from a standardized
portion of the genome and used to identify species, is entering a new phase of application …

DNA barcodes are regarded as hereditary succession codes that serve as a recognition
marker to address several queries relating to the identification, classification, community …

Many of the arthropod species that are important pests of agriculture and forestry are
impossible to discriminate morphologically throughout all of their life stages. Some cannot …

An entomopathogenic fungus was isolated from an infected larva of Conogethes
punctiferalis (Guenée)(Crambidae: Lepidoptera), a highly polyphagous pest recorded from …

South American tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917)(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae),
is an important invasive pest of Tomato which invaded India and Nepal in 2014 and 2016 …

A new species, Conogethes sahyadriensis sp. nov.(Lepidoptera: Crambidae), feeding on
cardamom, is described from India. The species status is supported by diagnostic …

Abstract Genus Pseudancylis Horak, 2006 is recorded for the first time from India with the
description of new species Pseudancylis kodaguensis Shashank sp. nov., and an annotated …

The yellow peach moth, Conogethes punctiferalis is a well-known agricultural pest with
significant impacts on crops from Southeast Asia to Australia. It has also become one of the …

Spilomelinae includes several pest species on various crop plants and larvae act as shoot
borers, fruit borers, leaf webbers, leaf folders and leaf rollers. In the current paper …

This study represents a detailed taxonomic account of 31 species of Plusiinae (Lepidoptera:
Noctuidae) from India. The survey and collection of 39 localities from different regions of …