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Common name
Scientific name
Order: Family
Host crop
Mode of damage
Sources
Weevils
Myllocerus discolor
B.
Coleoptera: Curculionidae
Peas, lentils, pearl millet, sunflower, sorghum, etc.
Feed on plants in the larval stage and as adults. Very destructive to crops. One of the most destructive weevils is the cotton boll weevil.
Butani (
1979
) and Hill
(^1987
)
Moths
Achaea janata
L.
Heliocheilus albipunctella
J.
Lepidoptera: Noctuidae
Castor, pearl millet, etc.
Most lepidopterans are moths. Very destructive to crops at larval stages.
Perry and Perry (
1989
)
Hessian fly
Mayetiola destructor
S.
Diptera: Cecidomyiidae
Wheat, barley, etc.
Maggots hatch from eggs, and crawl to the crown of seedlings (just above the roots) and feed on plant juices after injecting their unique saliva. Feeding by one larva can permanently stunt plant growth.
Anonymous (
1971
)
Shoot fly
Atherigona soccata
R.
Diptera: Muscidae
Sorghum, pearl millet, maize etc.
The larva (maggot) feed on the growing point of the shoot of the seedling and cause “dead heart”.
Perry and Perry (
1989
)
Wheat stem sawfly
Cephus cinctus
N.
Hymenoptera: Cephidae
Wheat, other cereals
The larvae begin feeding near the oviposition site, eventually feeding up and down the stem, chewing through nodes.
Morrill (
1995
)
Table 2
(continued)
A. Nawaz et al.