Open AccessReoccurrence of <i>Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata</i> Rego Barros (Arctiidae: Lepidoptera) population in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, India: A biological control agent of the weed, </i>Chromolaena odorata</i> (Asteraceae)
Author(s) -
Charambilly Purushothaman Arjun,
V. Sarojkumar,
N. P. Sooraj,
Ved Prakash,
R. Jaishanker,
Ammini Joseph
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of biological control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0971-930X
pISSN - 2230-7281
DOI - 10.18311/jbc/2016/15595
Subject(s) - chromolaena odorata , biology , lepidoptera genitalia , weed , population , biological pest control , botany , demography , sociology
Authors report the reoccurrence of Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata Rego Barros larvae at Technopark campus, Thiruvananthapuram. The larvae of P. pseudoinsulata were found feeding voraciously on terminal and axillary buds and leaves of Chromolena odorata . The recent report helps to identify the elite and resistant population for further field release to control C. odorata .