New Host Record of Tent Caterpillar, Malacosoma indica (Walker, 1855) (Lasiocampidae: Malacosomatinae) Feeding on Rosa sericea Lindl. in the Inner Valleys of Garhwal Himalaya, India

New Host Record of Tent Caterpillar, Malacosoma indica (Walker, 1855) (Lasiocampidae: Malacosomatinae) Feeding on Rosa sericea Lindl. in the Inner Valleys of Garhwal Himalaya, India

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  •   Arun Pratap Singh   Entomology Branch, Forest Protection Division, Forest Research Institute (ICFRE), New Forest, Dehradun 248006 (Uttarakhand)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2021/v147i10/158585

Keywords:

temperate pest, lepidoptera, Betula utilis, Betulaceae, Quercus dilatata, Q.leucotrichophora, Fagaceae, Populus ciliata, Salix denticulata, Salicaceae.

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Arun Pratap Singh, Entomology Branch, Forest Protection Division, Forest Research Institute (ICFRE), New Forest, Dehradun 248006 (Uttarakhand)

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2021-10-28

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Singh, A. P. (2021). New Host Record of Tent Caterpillar, <I>Malacosoma indica</i> (Walker, 1855) (Lasiocampidae: Malacosomatinae) Feeding on <i>Rosa sericea</I> Lindl. in the Inner Valleys of Garhwal Himalaya, India. Indian Forester, 147(10), 1021–1022. https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2021/v147i10/158585

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