hippodamia variegata (goeze) (coleoptera: coccinellidae) is one of the most prominent coccinellid predator of common pistachio psylla, in pistachio orchards. the experiment was performed under laboratory conditions i.e. 27±1oc 55±5 rh and 16:8 l: d. a cohort with about one hundred eggs- less than 24h old- was chosen and put in petri dishes. ladybeetle larvae were daily fed with pistachio psylla...

Insect pest problems in forest nurseries of selected indigenous tree species viz., Calophyllum and Pterocarpus marsupium was studied at Peechi in Kerala State. The most serious pest incidence was noticed on G. arborea (by the caterpillars of Epiplema fulvilinea); A. odoratissima (by the Psyllid Psylla oblonga) and Pterocarpus marsupium [by the psyllids Spanioneura (quadrimaculata group) and Ary...