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1 Silver fish(P-Book pest)Lepismatidae Thysanura

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Aphid(P-polyphagouspest)

AphididaeHomoptera

2 Dragon fly

(B-predator)AeshnidaeOdonata

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3

Green leaf hopper

(P-Jute pest)CicadellidaeHomoptera

3 Damsel fly(B-predator)CoenagrionidaeOdonata

14

Brown planthopper(P-Jute pest)DelphacidaeHomoptera

4 Short hornedgrasshopper (P-pest)AcrididaeOrthoptera

15 White fly(P-polyphagouspest)

AleyrodidaeHomoptera

5 Long hornedgrasshopper (P-pest)TettigoniidaeOrthoptera

16

Cicada(make sound)CicadidaeHomoptera

6 Field cricket(P-Jute pest)

GryllidaeOrthoptera

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Mealy bug(P-polyphagouspest)

PseudococcidaeHomoptera

7 Mole cricket(P-Jute pest)GryllotalpidaeOrthoptera

18

Scale insect(P-polyphagouspest)

CoccidaeHomoptera

8 Earwig (Predator)ForficulidaeDermaptera

19

Lac insect(B-industrialinsect)LacciferidaeHomoptera

9 Cockroach(P-omnivorous pest)BlattidaeDictyoptera

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citrus psylla(P-citrus pest)PsyllidaeHomoptera

10

Preying mantid(B-predator)MantidaeDictyoptera

21

 The buffalotreehopperMembracidaeHomoptera

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 Termite(P-polyphagouspest)TermitidaeIsoptera

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22 Giant water bug(aquatic predator)BelostomatidaeHetaroptera

31

 Tiger beetle(B-predator)CicindelidaeColeoptera

23 Water boatman(aquatic)CorixidaeHetaroptera

32

Ground beetle(B-predator)CarabidaeColeoptera

24 Stink bug (P- pest)PentatomidaeHetaroptera

33

Diving beetle(B-predator)DytiscidaeColeoptera

25 Red cotton bug(P- pest)Pyrrhocoridae

Hetaroptera

34

Water scavengerbeetleHydrophilidae

Coleoptera

26 Squash bugs(P-cucurbit pest)CoreidaeHetaroptera

35

Dung beetle(P-scavenger)ScarabaeidaeColeoptera

27 Bed bugs

(Bite human)CimicidaeHetaroptera

3

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Rhinoceros beetle

(P-cononut pest)ScarabaeidaeColeoptera

28 Assasin bugs(B-predator)ReduviidaeHetaroptera

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May beetle (P-pest)ScarabaeidaeColeoptera

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29  Tea mosquito bug(P-tea pest)MiridaeHetaroptera

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 June beetle(P- pest)ScarabaeidaeColeoptera

30 Rice bug (P-ricepest)AlydidaeHetaroptera

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Lady bird beetle(B-predator)CoccinellidaeColeoptera

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40 Epilachna beetle(P- veg. pest)CoccinellidaeColeoptera

47 Pulse beetle(P-stored pest)BruchidaeColeoptera

41  Tortoise beetle(Pn-non-economic)ChrysomelidaeColeoptera

48 Red flour beetle(P-stored pest)TenebrionidaeColeoptera

42 Red pumpkin beetle(P-veg. pest)ChrysomelidaeColeoptera

49 Khapra beetle(P-stored pest)DermestidaeColeoptera

43 Rice hispa(P-rice pest)ChrysomelidaeColeoptera

50 Click beetle(P-wheat pest)ElateridaeColeoptera

44 Metallic woodboring beetleBuprestidaeColeoptera

51 Rove beetle(B-predator)StaphylinidaeColeoptera

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45 Long-horned woodboring beetleCerambycidaeColeoptera

52 Rice weevil(P-stored pest)CurculionidaeColeoptera

46 Fire flyLampyridae

Coleoptera

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insect and family53 Brush-footed

butterfly (PN- pest)NymphalidaeLepidoptera(Rhopalocera)

59 Rice yellow stemborer (P- rice pest)PyralidaeLepidoptera(Heterocera)

54 Swallotail butterfly(P-citrus pest)PapilionidaeLepidoptera(Rhopalocera)

60  Tiger moth(P-jute pest)ArctiidaeLepidoptera(Heterocera)

55 Lemon butterfly(P-citrus pest)PapilionidaeLepidoptera(Rhopalocera)

61 Hawk moth(P-oil-seed pest)SphingidaeLepidoptera(Heterocera)

56 Cabbage butterfly(P-veg. pest)PieridaeLepidoptera(Rhopalocera)

62 Cutworm(P-polyphagous pest)

NoctuidaeLepidoptera(Heterocera)

57  Yellow butterfly(Pn- pest)PieridaeLepidoptera(Rhopalocera)

63 Mango defoliatorSaturniidaeLepidoptera(Heterocera)

58 Sulphur butterfly(Pn- pest)PieridaeLepidoptera(Rhopalocera)

64 Silkworm moth(B-industrialinsect)BombycidaeLepidoptera(Heterocera)

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65 Rice skipper(P- rice pest)

HesperidaeLepidoptera(Heterocera)

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66 Diamond backmoth (P-veg. pest)PlutellidaeLepidoptera(Heterocera)

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TS Name of the insect and family TS Name of the insect and family67 Mosquito

(P-household pest)CulicidaeDiptera(Nematocera)

77 DrosophilaDrosophilidaeDiptera(Cyclorrhapha)

68 Gall midge(P-gall making pest)CecidomyiidaeDiptera

(Nematocera)

78 Ichneumon fly(B-predator)IchneumonidaeHymenoptera

69 Horse fly(P-domestic pest)TabanidaeDiptera(Brachycera)

79 Braconid wasp(B-parasitoid)BraconidaeHymenoptera

70 Robber fly(B-predator)AsilidaeDiptera

(Brachycera)

80 Wasp (B-predator)VespidaeHymenoptera

71 Hover fly (B-predator)SyrphidaeDiptera(Cyclorrhapha)

81 Ant(P-household pest)FormicidaeHymenoptera

72 House fly(P-household pest)MuscidaeDiptera

(Cyclorrhapha)

82 Honey bee(Industrial insect)ApidaeHymenoptera

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73 Blow fly(P-household pest)CalliphoridaeDiptera(Cyclorrhapha)

83 Chalcid wasp(B-parasitoid)ChalcididaeHymenoptera

74  Tachinid fly(B-parasitoid)Tachinidae

Diptera(Cyclorrhapha)

84  Trichogrammatidwasp (B-parasitoid)Trichogrammatid

aeHymenoptera

75 fruit fly(P- fruit & veg.pest)ephritidaeDiptera(Cyclorrhapha)

85 Eulophid wasp(B-parasitoid)EulophidaeHymenoptera

76 Leaf miner fly(P- veg. pest)Agromyzidae

Diptera(Cyclorrhapha)

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