Open AccessNew records of Tropical Leather-leaf Slug Laevicaulis alte (Ferussac, 1822) from Dehra Dun (Uttarakhand) and Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), India
Author(s) -
Akhlaq Husain,
Hishmi Jamil Husain,
Wajid Hasan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of agricultural and applied sciences (ijaas)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-8053
DOI - 10.52804/ijaas2021.2222
Subject(s) - slug , geography , tropics , tropical fruit , tropical forest , agroforestry , forestry , traditional medicine , botany , biology , ecology , medicine
Laevicaulis alte, the Tropical Leather-leaf Slug is an invasive African slug, that got introduced into India. Recently specimen was sighted at Dehra Dun (Uttarakhand) and Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), India which are new records from these areas. In the present communication, its systematic account, distribution, control measures, and other aspects have been dealt with.