Common name: Campoletis Common name: Authors Crop Protection Folder Series: 10 of 11 English Version parasitoid Bracon parasitoid Dr. S. Vennila Scientific name : Campoletis Scientific name: Dr. V. K. Biradar chlorideae Bracon greeni Ashm. Division of Crop Protection Uchida Family : Central Institute for Cotton Research Family : Order : Nagpur Order : Hymenoptera Host (s) : Pink bollworm Mr. M. Sabesh Host insect (s): American Nature of association : Central Institute for Cotton Research (R. S.) bollworm Larval parasitoid Adult of Bracon Coimbatore Nature of association : Campoletis maggot Know Your Native Natural Larval parasitoid Insect pathogens of cotton insect pests & Dr. O. M. Bambawale Enemies of Cotton Insect Pests! Scientific name: National Centre for Integrated Pest Management Nomuraea rileyi New Delhi Host insect (s) : Semi looper & American bollworm Nature of association : Pathogenic to larvae

N. rileyi fungus infected larva Campoletis pupa Campoletis adult Scientific name : Nuclear polyhedrosis virus Common name : Rogas parasitoid Host insect (s) : American bollworm Scientific name : Rogas aligarhensis Quadri Nature of association : Pathogenic to larvae Published by Family : Braconidae Dr. B. M. Khadi Order : Hymenoptera Director Host insect (s) : Spotted bollworm Central Institute for Cotton Research Nature of association : Larval parasitoid Post Bag No. 2, Shankar Nagar P. O. Nagpur 440 010 Maharashtra

NPV infected larva Rogas pupa Rogas adult In addition to the above dominant natural mortality Produced under factors of cotton pests, there are many more natural control Technology Mission on Cotton Common name : Apanteles parasitoid agents that are of less relative importance that add to the control Mini Mission I (3.1) Scientific name : Apanteles angaleti Mues. of pests of the cotton ecosystem. Their conservation in the Family : Braconidae cropping systems needs strategies such as avoidance of Acknowledgement Order : Hymenoptera insecticides and intercropping practices that do not destroy Mrs. M. Chakrabarty Host insect (s) : Pink bollworm Scientist I/c, TMC-MM I Cell Nature of association : Larval parasitoid their population progression and encourage their Project on multiplication, respectively. Central Institute for Cotton Research “IPM Implementation at Village Level for Production In a situation where we have a record of more species Nagpur of Good Quality Cotton” of natural enemies than the harmful in the cotton ecosystem interference with chemicals should be thought of. Hence in deciding to use insecticides against any insect pest of Printing cotton due consideration should be given to the occurrence of Mudrashilpa Offset Printers Funded by native natural enemies. Conservation of natural enemies of Nagpur. Ph. 2231716 Ministry of Agriculture early season insect pests encourages the natural bioagents of Government of India bollworms and reduces the number of insecticidal sprays March 2007 effectively. Apenteles pupa Apenteles adult On the cotton crop, sucking pests viz., jassids (Amrasca Common name : Big eyed bug Common parasitoids of cotton ecosystem devastans Dist.), aphids (Aphis gossypii Glover), whiteflies Scientific name : Geocoris (Bemisia tabaci Gennadius) and thrips, (Thrips tabaci ochropterus Common name : Aphid (Fieber) Lindeman) during early phase of crop growth and bollworms parasitic Family : Lygaeidae Scientific name : Aphilinus sp. viz., Earias insulana (Boisd.), E. vittella (F.) , Helicoverpa Order : Hemiptera Family : Aphilinidae armigera (Hubner) and Pectinophora. gossypiella (Saunders) Host insect (s) : Jassid nymphs Order : Hymenoptera during the mid and late seasons, are the key pests and their Coccinellid pupae Coccinellid adults & pink bollworm eggs Host insect (s) : Aphids control is essential for good production of cotton crop. Pest Common name : Hover fly Nature of association : Nymphs G e o c o r i s a d u l t Natur e of association : management is an essential component for a sustainable cotton and adults are predatory Nymphal and adult parasitoid Scientific name : Eupeodes confrater (Wiedemann) Mummified aphids production system having two essential elements. First Family : Syrphidae Common name : Mirid bug parasitised by Aphilinus comprises of a series of measures that help in keeping the insect Order : Diptera Scientific name : Zanchius sp. pests below action threshold levels and the second relating to the Host insect (s) : Aphids Family : Miridae use of curative control utilising insecticides. The former Nature of association : Grubs are predatory Order : Hemiptera Common name: Braconid component is eco-friendly, less costly and remunerative and the Host insect (s) : Whiteflies parasitoid native natural enemies form a sub component under this category. Nature of association : Scientific name: Microchelonus In nature, control of insect pests occurs through biotic Nymphs and adults are predatory versatilis and abiotic forces. While abiotic factors are not under man's Adult of Zanchius sp. Family : Braconidae control, the biotic components depend very much on the Order : Hymenoptera manipulative management practices of the crop production Common name : Spiders Host insect (s) : American system. The various biotic agents of the nature are predators, Order : Arachnida bollworm parasitoids, entomopathogens and insects on weed. In cotton Host insect (s) : Jassids, aphids, mirids, whiteflies Nature of association : and all species of bollworms and Egg- larval parasitoid ecosystem, different groups of predators and parasitoids are Syrphid maggot Syrphid maggot feeding on aphids common. While the presence of predators and their predation defoliators' larvae Adult of M. versatilis Nature of association : Nymphs & adults are predatory can be noted visually, the occurrence of parasitoids could only be realised by observing the activity of adult parasitoids within Common name : Tachinids the cropped area and more authentically by rearing the host Scientific name : Palexorista insects collected from the field under laboratory. Nevertheless laxa Curran both the groups offer significant natural control of the insect Family : Tachinidae pests of cotton. The identification and knowledge of such Order : Diptera native natural biocontrol agents is critical to the recognition of Syrphid pupa Syrphid adult Host insect (s) : Semi looper their control effects on cotton pests. The non-insect predators & American executing control of cotton insects include spiders and birds. Common name : Aphid lion bollworm Nature of association : Tachinid-Pupa & adult Spiders feed upon the jassids, aphids and all species of Scientific name : Chrysoperla carnea (Stephans) Family : Chrysopidae Spiders Larval parasitoid bollworm larvae. As the use of broad-spectrum insecticides Order : Neuroptera like organophosphorus compounds for sucking pest control Host insect (s) : Aphids, jassids, eggs & early Common name : Pentatomid bug eliminates these natural enemies, strategy of using instars of bollworms Common name : Eriborus parasitoid Scientific name : Eocanthocona furcellata (Wolff) sucking pest tolerant genotypes in conjunction with native Nature of association : Grubs are predatory Scientific name : Eriborus argenteopilosus Family : Pentatomidae natural enemy exploitation is advocated. (Cameron) Given hereunder is the list of commonly found native Order : Hemiptera Family : Ichneumonidae Host insect (s) : Larvae of bollworms and natural predators, parasitoids and pathogens attacking various Order : Hymenoptera semi-looper Host insect (s) : Semi looper & American cotton insect pests. Nature of association : Nymphs and adults are predatory Common insect predators of cotton insect pests bollworm Common name : Lady bird beetle Nature of association : Larval parasitoid Scientific name : Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius) Family : Coccinellidae Order : Coleoptera Chrysopid egg Chrysopid grub Host insect (s) : Aphids Nature of association : Grubs & adults are predatory

Coccinellid eggs Coccinellid grubs Chrysopid pupa Chrysopid adult Pentatomid bug feeding on looper Adult of E. argenteopilosus