Insect Pests in Nurseries and Plantations of <I>Populus deltoides</I> in Assam and Bengal

Abstract

Insect pests of Populus deltoides in nurseries and plantations in Assam and West Bengal recorded were two borers, Zeuzera coffeae Nietner, lndarbela quadrinotata Walk ; three species of termites, Coptotermes heimi (Wasm.), Coptotermes kishori Roonwal and Chhotani, Microtermes unicolor Snyder; a leaf miner, Phytomyza sp: two lepidoterous defoliators, pyqoera fulqurita Walk. Pyqaera diniasalis Walk. an aphid, Tuberolachnus sp. and a species of thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood.