Hemiptera - Science topic

This paper introduces Reframer-HRC, an AI-based co-creative drawing system designed for multiuser collaboration in robotic fabrication contexts. By integrating the intuitive user interfaces with the extended version of Collaborative, Interactive, Context-Aware Drawing Agent (CICADA), the system enables users to provide design prompts, iteratively r...

The lady beetles Tenuisvalvae notata and Cryptolaemus montrouzieri are important predators of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Like the prey, these lady beetles produce wax filaments that cover their body during the larval stage. It has been hypothesized that lady beetle body wax chemical profiles are like their prey as i) a mechanism of camo...

The Iwaki insect-bearing amber from Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Honshu, Japan, is considered from the Late Cretaceous Coniacian age. The insect-bearing amber localities from that period are few worldwide. Here, we report Iwakia longilabiata gen. et sp. nov., a new fossil genus and species of the infraorder Cimicomorpha Leston, Pendergrast an...

Abstract: Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are cosmopolitan generalist pests of many agricultural crops. Their ability to reproduce rapidly through parthenogenesis allows them to quickly reach population sizes that are difficult to control. Their damage potential is further exacerbated when they act as vectors for plant pathogens, causing diseases in...

Helopeltis cinchonae is an emerging pest of tea and causes severe damage to tea plantations in China. The female of H. cinchonae has been reported to produce a sex pheromone consisting of two components, hexyl (3R)-3-acetoxybutyrate and (5R)-1-acetoxy-5-butyroxyhexane, and lures containing the synthetic compounds have been shown to attract male H....

Rice is the staple food of Bangladesh grown in Aus, Aman and Boro seasons. Most of the cultivable lands are occupied by rice in Aman season. Insect pests are the major concern of rice cultivation. Different species of insects are found in rice field based on growing seasons and localities. The study was conducted in T. Aman season around Patuakhali...

The Neotropical leafhopper genus Tenuacia DeLong, 1977 is reviewed, its former subgenus Rubacea DeLong stat. nov. is elevated to genus rank, and new diagnostic characters for Rubacea and Tenuacia are proposed. In addition, two new species are described and illustrated: Rubacea indivisa sp. nov. based on two male specimens collected in Peru and Tenu...

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of biopesticides against whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood) in greenhouse tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cultivation. Design/methodology/approach: The treatments evaluated included Isaria javanica, Beauveria bassiana, and a commercial insecticide. Evaluations were conducted at four post-applicat...

Lipaphis erysimi Kalt (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is an aphid pest of crucifers under different agroclimatic conditions, that causes enormous losses in agricultural yields in Togo. This study aimed to assess the infestation, damage and loss of cruciferous plants caused by this aphid. Crucifer plots were arranged in three randomized and balanced blocks a...

Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley is a highly invasive pest threatening global cotton production and numerous cultivated crops. The sterile insect technique (SIT), based on γ-ray irradiation, offers a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative to chemical controls for managing pests. This study aimed to determine the optimal developmental stage and radi...

Swollen Shoot is a viral disease affecting cocoa trees, transmitted by several species of mealybugs (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Pseudococcidae). These insects maintain trophobiotic relationships with a complex and species-rich assemblage of ants protecting them and natural enemies controlling their populations. Here, we provide a curated D...

Cordyceps cicadae (C. cicadae) is an important edible medicinal fungus; however, owing to its wild growth and lack of genome annotation, construction of a stable genetic transformation system in C. cicadae is greatly limited, impeding the extensive exploitation of C. cicadae in industry. Here, we successfully established an efficient plasmid transf...

The present article enlists the predators and parasitoids of the aphids (Aphididae: Hemiptera) infesting tomato crops and their distribution in different states and union territories of India. Most of them are found to prey/parasitise Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and Aphis gossypii Glover. The predators belong to one order of class Arachnida: Araneae (f...

The new species Amecephala micra sp. nov. is described and illustrated on the basis of a well-preserved male psyllid (Liadopsyllidae) in a piece of Cretaceous Myanmar amber. This second species of the genus Amecephala Drohojowska, Szwedo, Müller et Burckhardt, 2020 exhibits a combination of features that have not been previously recognised among Li...

The Chinese species of the genus Tropidocephala Stål, 1853 are reviewed. 26 species are recognized, of which T. brunnipennis Signoret, 1860, T. dingi Sun, Yang & Chen, 2014, T. festiva (Distant, 1906), T. jiawenna Kuoh, 1979, T. longiapina Ding, 1982, T. nigra (Matsumura, 1900), T. serendiba (Melichar, 1903), T. sinica Ding, 2006, and T. sinuosa Ya...

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. 1753) production in South Benin faces significant challenges during the off‐season primarily due to the Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) transmitted by whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci). This study investigates the impact of four different transplanting dates on TYLCV incidence and the productivity of three tomato var...

Multigenerational effects on biological aspects and on the life table of Rhopalosiphum padi (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and Sipha flava (Forbes) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are not known. These studies can help further our understanding of the reasons for the conflicting results of the biological performance of aphids determined under laboratory c...

Cotton leaf curl Kokhran virus-Burewala (CLCuKoV-Bur) has a circular single-stranded ssDNA genome of 2759 nucleotides in length and belongs to the genus Begomovirus (family, Geminiviridae). CLCuKoV-Bur causes cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) and is transmitted by the whitefly Bemisis tabaci cryptic species. Monopartite begomoviruses encode five ope...

Insect predators can suppress prey populations through increased progeny production. The present study investigated the numerical responses of adult♀ Xylocoris flavipes (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) on a diet of Liposcelis decolor (Pearman) (Psocodea: Liposcelididae). Adult♀ X. flavipes were placed in arenas containing nymphs, adult females, o...

The hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae Annand (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), has distinct native and invasive populations in Canada. On the country’s west coast, the adelgid is a native insect that feeds on western hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla (Rafinesque-Schmaltz) Sargent, and mountain hemlock, Tsuga mertensiana (Bongard) Carrière (Pinaceae). In easte...

El almendro constituye un cultivo de gran importancia económica, social y paisajística en España, ocupando una superficie total cercana a las 760 mil hectáreas, en su mayor parte en secano. Durante los últimos años, factores relacionados con el cambio climático, las restricciones de fitosanitarios y los nuevos sistemas de producción, entre otros, e...

We report the first quantitative study of the onset of dawn choruses of cicadas in several natural habitats. A time-frequency analysis of the acoustical signals is used to define an order parameter for the development of collective singing. The ensemble of recordings reveals that the chorus onset times accurately track the changing sunrise times ov...

Apolygus lucorum , a cosmopolitan Hemiptera insect, poses a significant threat to Ziziphus jujuba (jujube), causing symptoms such as mottled chlorosis. However, the mechanisms through which A. lucorum affects chlorophyll biosynthesis and degradation remain unclear. This study investigates the effects of A. lucorum infestation on chlorophyll metabol...

A soft scale insect, Pulvinaria aurantii Cockerell (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), is recorded for the first time from India on Mangifera indica L., a new host plant record from a new host plant family. The species is probably native to Japan but has an invasive nature; it warrants special attention in India because it is attacking an economica...

We report the first quantitative study of the onset of dawn choruses of cicadas in several natural habitats. A time-frequency analysis of the acoustical signals is used to define an order parameter for the development of collective singing. The ensemble of recordings reveals that the chorus onset times accurately track the changing sunrise times ov...

Phytophagous stink bugs are considered the important pest in second-crop corn cultivation in Brazil, especially when they occur during the early stage of plant development. This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of insecticides in controlling adults of the Diceraeus melacanthus (Dallas, 1851) stink bug when applied separately in three differen...

Present study revealed that the highest aphid mortality was achieved with thiamethoxam 25 WG at 0.5 g/L of water, showing mortality rates of 78.64, 85.63, 88.34 and 91.83% at 1, 3, 7, and 10 days after spraying (DAS), respectively followed by thiacloprid 21.7 SC at 0.4 ml/L of water, with mortality rates of 72.75, 77.77, 82.76 and 87.30% at the sam...

Salacia crassifolia (Mart. Ex Schult.) G. Don. (Celastraceae) is a species native to the Brazilian Cerrado that has fruits highly appreciated by local fauna and population. Recent studies show that this species has a rich biodiversity of armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) associated with its leaves, with the first reports of occurrence...

Roving survey carried out in 3 major sesamum growing mandals in Srikakulam district revealed the presence of two major leafhopper species viz., Hishimonus phycitis (Distant) and Orosius orientalis (Mastumura). The line diagrams of important male genitalia structures along with colour photographs were also provided in detail for these species. Th...

Naucoridae is a family of aquatic bugs found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. There are records of five subfamilies, 11 genera, and 74 species from Brazil, with 11 species occurring in northeastern Brazil and seven in the state of Maranhão. Here, we aimed to study the naucorid fauna of Maranhão through extensive sampling. In to...

Based on the material collected from Toamasina, east Madagascar, we describe Anacanthiocnemis lihui sp. nov. as the second Malagasy representative of the genus Anacanthiocnemis Reuter, 1882 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae). The new species presents relatively long postocular region of head, widely separated mandibular plates, and...

Plants are hosts for above- and belowground insect communities that can influence each other via above-belowground plant-physiological dynamics. To mediate interactions, plants produce secondary metabolites, including terpenoids, and mixtures can differ intraspecifically. While intraspecific variation in plant chemistry gained increased interest, t...

To successfully implement augmentative biological control, it is imperative to identify the most efficient host for parasitoid rearing and the impact of host switching on reproduction when multiple hosts are available. This study examined the effect of host switching on parasitoid fitness and reproduction using the wasp Psix saccharicola Mani (Hyme...

The first successful laboratory rearing of a predatory natural enemy insect species Picromerus griseus has has been achieved, with demonstrated trophic specialization targeting larval stages of phytophagous pests within the orders Lepidoptera (moths/butterflies), Coleoptera (beetles), Hymenoptera (sawflies), and Hemiptera (true bugs). Subsequent in...

Passiflora edulis, introduced to the Republic of Korea in 1989 and commercially cultivated since 2012, has faced recent challenges due to viral infections impacting growth, yield, and quality. This study aimed to investigate the viral infections in P. edulis and surrounding weeds at cultivation sites in the Republic of Korea, examining possible cor...

Armored scales (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) were collected from Dypsis lutescens (H. Wendl) Beentje & J. Dransf., 1995, and Phoenix roebelenii O’Brien, 1889, in urban Costa Rica. Lopholeucaspis cockerelli (Grandpré & Charmoy, 1899), previously known only from intercepted plant material, was found on both palms (P. roebelenii—new host record). Pseudisch...

This is about the "Development of Low Cost and Web Based AI for taxonomy of Neuroptera" using Numerical Taxonomy and Computer Programming.

This is a short note on a new host record for Sticholotis cribellata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).

Cochleopsaltria Pham & Constant, 2017 (Hemiptera, Cicadidae, Cicadinae) is no longer monospecific: C. huboliaosp. nov. from Fujian Province of China is described and illustrated. A key to the two species of Cochleopsaltria is presented.

In recent years, bioacoustic studies on Cicadetta montana s. l. have revealed the presence of morphologically cryptic species. This paper describes a new cicada species, Cicadetta karandila sp. n., discovered on the Stara Planina Mountain and the Sarnena Sredna Gora Mountain (Balkan Mountains, central Bulgaria). As with other species of the complex...

Curly chili (Capsicum annum L.) is one of the vegetable commodities widely cultivated in Indonesia which has a high selling value. Although it has a high selling value, chili cultivation has many obstacles, one of which is the attack of pathogens that reduce the yield of curly chili, especially yellow curly leaf disease on agricultural land. Yellow...

Arthropod species pose a significant threat to ornamental plants through feeding, ovipositional injury, and the spread of pathogenic microbes.This study investigated arthropod species infesting rose plants grown at Shadullapur, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, from October 2019 to February 2020. A total of 1,454 individuals from seven insect orders and tw...

BACKGROUND Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood, Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) causes economic losses in soybean crops by diminishing productivity, impacting grain size, oil content, and germination power. RNA interference (RNAi), a conserved gene regulation process initiated by double‐stranded RNA (dsRNA), may be used as a safe technique in integrated pest m...

Aschersonia, an entomopathogenic fungus that thrives in tropical habitats, offers a safer biological control alternative against whiteflies and scales by infecting insects through germination and penetration of the cuticle with conidia. This study focuses on isolating native Aschersonia sp. and its morphological confirmation.

The spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (White) (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) has emerged as a globally important invasive insect pest, causing extensive damage to tree fruits, nursery stocks and forests in its invasive ranges. Praying mantises commonly occur in many native habitats of spotted lanternfly in China. However, predatory natural enemies su...

Freshwater lakes in tropical highlands face growing threats from human activities, but their ecological responses are poorly understood. This study examines the spatial distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates in Lake Arekit, Ethiopia, and their relationship with water quality to assess ecological health under agricultural and urban pressures. Wa...

Symbionts play important roles in insect nutritional ecology, and the phylogenies of some vertically transmitted symbionts mirror the host phylogeny. Here we report the diversity, distribution, transmission, and potential functions of symbionts harbored in the aetalionid treehopper Darthula hardwickii (Aetalionidae) using multiple methods and compa...

Aphids are a speciose family of the Hemiptera compromising >5500 species. They have adapted to feed off multiple plant species and occur on every continent on Earth. Although economically devastating, very few aphid genomes have been sequenced and assembled, and those that have suffer low contiguity due to repeat-rich and AT-rich genomes. With thir...

Historia naturalis bulgarica 47 (3): 49-53 ISSN 2603-3186 (online) | ISSN 0205-3640 (print) · nmnhs.com/historia-naturalis-bulgarica https://doi. Abstract: The current study documents the first record of Pochazia shantungensis, an invasive pest species in the Ricaniidae family, within Bulgaria. Two specimens were observed and a single male specimen...

BACKGROUND Although it is known that Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), the agent of citrus Huanglongbing, circulates and multiplies within the insect vector Diaphorina citri, the specific factors enabling CLas transmission remain unclear. Previous studies have shown that ATPSyn‐β facilitates phytoplasma movement in vector insects, and funct...

Neotoxoptera formosana is an allium vegetable pest that has increasingly threatened Chinese leek production in North China in recent years. The effects of temperature on the biological characteristics and physiology of N. formosana are not well understood. In this study, life tables were constructed at 12 °C, 16 °C, 20 °C, 24 °C, and 28 °C to explo...

Untangling the patterns and drivers behind the diversification and extinction of highly diversified lineages remains a challenge in evolutionary biology. While insect diversification has been widely studied through the “Big Four” insect orders (Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera and Diptera), the fifth most diverse order, Hemiptera, has often bee...

Introduction Entomopathogenic fungi play a crucial role in the ecological regulation of insect populations and can be exploited as a resource for pest control, sustainable agriculture, and natural products discovery. These fungi and their infected hosts are sometimes highly coveted as part of traditional medicine practices. Here, we sought to exami...

Plant-specific insect scouting and prediction are still challenging in most crop systems. In this article, a machine-learning algorithm is proposed to predict populations during whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci, Hemiptera; Gennadius Aleyrodidae) scouting and aid in determining the population distribution of adult whiteflies in cotton plant canopies. The...

Each living organism thrives best in a habitat that provides optimal conditions for flourishing, reproduction, and distribution within a certain area. This study aims to investigate the seasonal variation in insect biodiversity across different sites of the King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve (KARR), located between E 45.19–46.57 and N 25.15–27.41, with a...

The first record of the reduviid Hiranetis vanderheydeni from Paraguay is presented. Information on the distribution of the species is summarized.

ABSTRACT Modelling the life cycle of terrestrial arthropods at multiple trophic levels and their interactions with the surrounding environment aids to understand the evolution of the populations living in the different ecological niches. The need to predict the future scenarii in a precision agriculture and forestry framework is pushing even more t...

A soft scale insect, Pulvinaria aurantii Cockerell (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), is recorded for the first time from India on Mangifera indica L., a new host plant record from a new host plant family. The species is probably native to Japan but has an invasive nature; it warrants special attention in India because it is attacking an economica...

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), a devastating pathogen of tomato crops, is vectored by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci , yet the mechanisms underlying TYLVC epidemics are poorly understood. We found that TYLCV triggers the up-regulation of two β-myrcene biosynthesis genes in tomato, leading to the attraction of nonviruliferous B. tabaci . We als...

Serverless computing has emerged as a pivotal paradigm for deploying Deep Learning (DL) models, offering automatic scaling and cost efficiency. However, the inherent cold start problem in serverless ML inference systems, particularly the time-consuming model loading process, remains a significant bottleneck. Utilizing pipelined model loading improv...

The repeated and convergent evolution of opaque wings and other unique characteristics makes defining the tribes of Cicadidae challenging. Cicadas of Gaeanini, almost endemic to Asia and known as ‘butterfly cicadas’ but more resembling moths, exhibit striking phenotypes with opaque wings and vivid colours. This study presents the first comprehensiv...

The recent discovery that various insects have acquired functional genes through horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has prompted numerous studies into this puzzling and fascinating phenomenon. So far, horizontally transferred genes are found to be functionally conserved and largely retained their ancestral functions. It evidently has not yet been consi...

Two new species of the genus Malaxa Melichar, 1914 from Southwest China, M. chongzuoensis Lv & Chen, sp. nov. from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and M. longispina Lv & Chen, sp. nov. from Guangdong Province, are described and illustrated. These bring the total number of species in the genus to 13, with nine recorded from China. A checklist and...

Coccinella septempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) is a voracious predator all over the world where aphids have found a niche. Behavioral studies of C. septempunctata are very important to make them effective bio-controllers. Therefore, this study explains the functional response of C. septempunctata praying on two distinct aphid species, examined in this...

Analyzed in the study is the symbolic meaning of the images of a cicada/grasshopper in the prose and poetry by Boris Poplavsky in the context of classical antiquity and of the Silver Age art. These insects are often understood as one image, which is the poet’s homage to the antique tradition; the image of a cicada/grasshopper is liminal, implying m...

The male Common cicada (Cicada orni) produces a monotonous sound to attract females. This sound ('song') consist of an endless series of pulses, separated by very short intervals. Duration of the individual pulses is around 123 ms and pulse repetition rate is 6.1 pulses/s. The sound is rather broadband between ~1 and ~13 kHz, but most of the sound...

Background: Predatory insects exhibit variability in prey selection, influenced by prey traits such as mobility, developmental stage, and coloration. Investigating sex-specific predation preferences is essential to understanding how male and female predators utilize resources differently, avoid competition, and influence population dynamics. These...

Zur Erhebung von Singzikaden wurden im Jahr 2024 in 25 Gebieten in Baden-Württemberg automatische Erfassungsgeräte (AudioMoth 1.2.0) ausgebracht. Mit diesen wurden in unterschiedlichen Zeiträumen mit Schwerpunkt im Juni täglich ab 10.00 Uhr und ab 14.00 Uhr für jeweils eine halbe Stunde Tonaufnahmen erzeugt. Die Aufnahmen aus ausgewählten Zeiträume...

BACKGROUND The psyllid Trioza erytreae (del Guercio, 1918) (Hemiptera: Triozidae) is one of the vectors of Candidatus liberibacter spp., the causal agent of the huanglongbing (HLB) the main citrus disease worldwide. In this study, we investigated for the first time how the flight behavior of T. erytreae is influenced by factors such as sex or daily...

Cheilomenes sexmaculata Fabricius, 1781 is a well-known ladybird beetle that feeds primarily on aphids, mealy bugs, phytophagous mites, scale insects, and other small insects and is an important bio-control agent of aphids. Evolution in the structure of mouthparts is known to be associated with the composition of food material and feeding behaviour...

Given the major phytosanitary relevance of several invasive species, the identification of suitable regions worldwide remains a key action to implement prevention measures, optimise management actions, together with effective monitoring programs. To this aim, we implemented a two-step species distribution model framework, calibrated on the species...

Se presenta un catálogo ilustrado de las 185 especies (90 especies y 95 morfoespecies) de Membracidae y Aetalionidae (Hemiptera) reportadas de Nicaragua. 38 especies representan nuevos registros para la fauna de Nicaragua: Campylocentrus obscuripennis STÅL, 1869; Darnis latior FOWLER, 1895; Tomogonia vittatipennis (FAIRMAIRE, 1846); Procyrta pector...

In this study, three species of the moss-feeding lace bug genus Acalypta Westwood, 1840 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Tingidae, Tinginae, Acalyptaini) are reported mainly in Hokkaido, northern Japan. The first is Acalypta alutaceasp. nov. that inhabits mosses growing on the floors of deciduous broad-leaved forests. The second is Acalypta carinata (Panze...

Haematoloma dorsatum (Ahrens, 1812) has been recorded for the first time in Poland. This is a Mediterranean species associated with conifers with a dramatic north-eastward expansion in Europe over the last hundred years. The morphology and bionomy of the insect is presented and a potential threat to Scots pine forests is shortly discussed.

Viorenta, Sartiami D, Maryana N, Watson GW, Zarkani A. 2025. Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on ornamental plants in West Java, Indonesia with a new country species record, and their natural enemies. Biodiversitas 26: 1018-1029. Part of Indonesia's biodiversity in ornamental plants has been developed for the global market. However, one of the...

Iassinae, a widely distributed group of herbivorous pest insects, is a subfamily of Cicadellidae. Previous studies on the phylogeny of Iassinae were mostly based on morphological characteristics, mitochondrial genomes, and molecular fragments (H3, 28S, and 12S), and their phylogenetic relationships were controversial. To better understand Iassinae,...

Climate change is reshaping insect population dynamics in North America, notably impacting the migratory pest Empoasca fabae (Harris) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). While its phenology is well studied in the United States, knowledge gaps exist regarding its dynamics in Eastern Canada, one of its northernmost migration areas. Our study integrates degree...

The Boraceia Biological Station (BBS) is located in the Salesópolis municipality, State of São Paulo, and represents an important natural protected area of the Atlantic Rain Forest in one of Brazil’s most urbanized states. In this work, an inventory for the BBS was compiled, using specimens deposited in the Zoology Museum of the University of São P...

The corn leaf aphid is a major pest causes damage to a range of cultivated crops. Little is known about the population genetics of the species. In this experiment, we examined the population genetic structure of the Rhopalosiphum maidis based on nucleotide sequencing of the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene and microsatellite analysis. Thirteen micro...

Understanding the impact of human activities and environmental drivers on macroinvertebrate communities is critical to adequately manage river ecosystems under multiple stressors. In this study, we assessed macroinvertebrate community structure in relation to water and sediment chemistry. Samples (i.e., water, sediment and macroinvertebrates) were...

Background The data presented here is part of a doctoral project aimed at characterising and comparing arthropod diversity across biotic communities in coastal ecosystems. The present work provides an inventory of the arthropods recorded in two coastal grasslands ecosystems: the Portugal mainland and the Azores. Sampling was conducted on São Miguel...

Societal Impact Statement Huánglóngbìng (HLB) is a bacterial disease of citrus that has significantly impacted Brazil and the United States, although citrus production in the Mediterranean Basin remains unaffected. By developing a mathematical model of spread in Spain, we tested surveillance and control strategies before any future HLB entry in the...

BACKGROUND For most insect herbivores, where females decide to lay their eggs has a significant impact on offspring survival. Although females’ behavior is essential for oviposition site selection, it is unclear what role the egg itself has in this process. RESULTS Two closely related spittlebugs, Callitettix versicolor and Abidama liuensis, with...

The sugarcane crop was attacked by various insect pest mainly Pyrilla, whitefly, mealybug, ash weevil, grasshopper, early shoot borer, top shoot borer and internode borer, attacked the sugarcane crop. Study on the population dynamics of these pests revealed that infestations began in the second fortnight of April 2022 and continued until harvesting...