In several areas throughout the world, eggs of fictitious host insect, Corcyra cephalonica, are used to produce multiple natural enemies, such as Trichogramma species, which widely utilized for biological control lepidopterous pests on diverse crops in more than 30 nations. The purpose this study was determine efficacy RH-5849, a non-steroidal ecdysone mimic, gonadotrophic parameters rice moth,...

A study was conducted in the Biocontrol Laboratory, Department of Entomology, College Agriculture, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha during 2020-21 to record influence larval diets on pupal period and size cocoon Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi (Esben-Peterson). Six i.e. T1 (Purple aphid, Aphis craccivora Koch.), T2 (Green Myzus persicae (Sulzer)), T3 (Mustard Lipaphis erysimi (Kalt.)), T4 (Papaya mealy b...

Rice moth Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) is a serious pest on storage commodities. The management of C. relies the use chemical pesticides. Insecticide resistance and its effect nontarget demand for compounds that are clean, green. Essential oils (EOs) viz., Trachyspermum ammi (Ajowan), Piper betle (betel), Eucalyptus citriodora (citridora), Cymbopogan nardus (citronella), Pelargonium graveolen...

The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica Stainton (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) was determined as a circular molecular of 15,273 bp in size. The mitogenome composition (37 genes) and gene order are the same as the other lepidopterans. Nucleotide composition of the C. cephalonica mitogenome is highly A+T biased (80.43%) like other insects. Twelve protein-co...

Since Taiwan became a World Trade Organization member in 2002, large quantities of grain have been imported from different countries, and insect pests are frequently intercepted from these imported commodities in quarantine inspection. Because most insects are intercepted as immature forms, morphological identification is problematic; therefore, we developed a DNA identification method based on...