Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Dr. Jose Romeno Faleiro, Former FAO Expert, IPM Dr. Abraham Verghese Specialist (Red Palm Weevil), Middle East and South Former Director, ICAR-National Bureau of Asia Agricultural Insect Resources (NBAIR), Bangalore, Former Principal Scientist & Head Entomology, ICAR- Prof. Dr. Abdeljelil Bakri, Former Head of the Insect Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, Biological Control Unit at Cadi Ayyad University- Former Chief Editor, Pest Management in Horticultural Marrakech, Morocco. FAO and IAEA Consultant, Ecosystem Editor of Fruit Fly News e-newsletter, Canada Dr. Hamadttu Abdel Farag El-Shafie (Ph.D.), Co-Editor-in-Chief Senior Research Entomologist, Head, Sustainable pest Dr. Rashmi, M.A, Senior Technical Officer management in date palm research program , Date (Entomology), Regional Plant Quarantine Station, palm Research Center of Excellence (DPRC) , King Bangalore Faisal University, B.O. 55031, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia Managing Editors Dr. Shoki Al-Dobai, (Ph.D), Team Leader, Locusts Dr. Kolla Sreedevi, Editor-In-Chief - The Journal of and Transboundary Plant Pests and Diseases,Plant Biological Control, Principal Scientist, ICAR-National Production and Protection Division (NSP) , Food and Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Dr. Rakshitha Mouly, DST-INSPIRE FELLOW, Rome, Italy ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Dr. B. Vasantharaj David, Trustee, Secretary & Bangalore Treasurer, Dr. B. Vasantharaj David Foundation, Chennai Editors Dr. V.V. Ramamurthy, Editorial Advisor, Indian Dr. Smitha George, Purdue University, West Journal of Entomology, Former Principal Scientist & Lafayette, Indiana, USA Head Entomology, IARI, Pusa Campus, New Delhi Dr. Byrappa Ammagarahalli Munishamappa, Rev. Dr. S. Maria Packiam, S.J, Director, Extemit-K Project, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Entomology Research Institute (ERI), Loyola College, Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Chennai Czech Republic Dr. RavindraKumar Kodarlal Patel, Vice- Dr. Devi Thangam. 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Kanakapura Road, College London, UK Bangalore Vol. 24 (1) (March 2021) Insect Environment Insect Environment (Quarterly journal to popularize insect study and conservation) ISSN 0975-1963 The first issue of the Insect Environment was published in 1996. The sole objective of the Insect Environment is to popularize insect study through popular, semi-technical research notes and essays on all aspects of insects. The journal is published quarterly, in March, June, September, and December. The last issue was Volume 23 (December), 2020. Insect Environment subscription is free; articles can be downloaded from the website https://insectenvironment.com/or anyone requesting by email to IE will receive a copy of the journal. Author guidelines Short popular insect notes, review essays, new records, profiles, tributes and views are acceptable. There are no page charges; each article should preferably not exceed 500 words. 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We encourage downloading and printing of the articles for academic, teaching & extension purposes. However, authors and IE should be acknowledged. 1 Vol. 24 (1) (March 2021) Insect Environment Contents Volume 24 March 2021 1 Editorial 2 Special Editorial Research Articles The date palm borers of the genus Oryctes (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): 3 bionomics, economic impact and possible management measures H. A. F. El-Shafie Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thripidae: Thysanoptera) – The silent 4 intruder? Rachana R.R. Current status of the tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) in the Indian 5 sub-continent: Challenges ahead K.S. Nitin and A. K. Chakravarthy Incidence of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) on potato in 6 maize-potato crop sequence D. K. Raghav and Jaipal Singh Choudhary Jamun seed and fruit borer complex at University of Horticultural Sciences 7 Campus, GKVK, Bengaluru Aishwarya Hiremath, Pooja and Ramegowda, G. K. First record of teak defoliator, Hyblaea puera Cramer (Lepidoptera: 8 Hyblaeidae) on Oroxylum indicum (Lamiales: Bignoniaceae) from south India M. Shankara Murthy, R. Lokesh, Doddabasawa and M. Bheemanna A rare species of Brachyrhynchus triangulus Bergroth, 1889 (Hemiptera: 9 Aradidae): A new record from Odisha and Mainland India Ashirwad Tripathy Metagenomics of the melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae: Variation in bacterial 10 communities across different developmental stages Naiyar Naaz and Jaipal Singh Choudhary Report on infestation of bruchid beetle, Acanthoscelides sp. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) on seeds of Leucaena leucocephala in industrial area of Himachal 11 Pradesh Nitika Sharma and Mohinder Singh 2 Vol. 24 (1) (March 2021) Insect Environment Species diversity and relative abundance of scarab beetles in Jorhat district of Assam, India 12 Badal Bhattacharyya, Sudhansu Bhagawati, Nang Sena Manpoong, Partha Pratim Gyanudoy Das and Elangbam Bidyarani Devi First report of leek moth, Acrolepiopsis assectella (Zeller), their nature of 13 damage on garlic crop at Raipur, Chhattisgarh Bhumika Dewangan and Sonali Deole Diversity of natural enemies of insect pests of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) in 14 mid hills of Meghalaya Arensungla Pongen New distributional record of Daphnis hypothous crameri Eitschberger & 15 Melichar, (Sphingidae: Lepidoptera) from Odisha, India Ashirwad Tripathy, Kishore Chandra Sahoo Response of pupal weight of stalk borer, Chilo auricilius Dudgeon (Crambidae: Lepidoptera) on biology of Tetrastichus howardi (Olliff) (Hymenoptera: 16 Eulophidae) Anuj Kumar, Arun Baitha and A. Kumar Understanding within-field distribution of stages is the key to design management strategies against areca white grubs, Leucopholis lepidophora 17 Blanchard (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Kalleshwaraswamy C. M. and Adarsha S.K. Report of invasive longhorn beetle, Aristobia reticulator (Voet) (Coleoptera: 18 Cerambycidae) in aonla, Emblica officinalis Gaertn in India M M Kumawat and L Wangchu Mating behaviour of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda on maize crop 19 Sneha Tiwari, Sonali Deole and A.S. Kotasthane Record of dung beetles in, Jnanagangotri Campus, Davangere University, 20 Chitradurga Sreenivasa G and Hosetti B.B. Reporting the incidence of grass web-worm moths in St. Joseph’s College 21 (Autonomous) Campus, Bengaluru Lochana. R, Yashwanth. NM Gowda and M. Jayashankar Checklist of cow bugs (Hemiptera: Membracidae) in and around Tiruvallur 22 district of Tamil Nadu S. Prabakaran 3 Vol. 24 (1) (March 2021) Insect Environment Management of tea mosquito bug in Moringa oleifera 23 K. Suresh Incidence of leaf defoliator, Catopsilia pyranthe (Linn.) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) 24 in Senna Sankarganesh, E and Kusal Roy Nest counts of Ropalidia jacobsoni (du Buysson, 1908) (Hymenoptera: 25 Vespidae) in a residential building in Bengaluru Mini Shail., Mahesh and M. Jayashankar Awareness and extension in Andhra Pradesh to manage the invasive rugose spiralling white fly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: 26 Aleyrodidae) on coconut and oil palm N.B.V. Chalapathi Rao, B.S.Ramani and B.V.K.Bhagavan Damage of Acalolepta nivosa (White , 1858) (Lamiinae: Cerambycidae) on 27 Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae) Chitra, N and Shanmugam, P.S. Rearing of mango leafhoppers both in field and laboratory conditions using 28 the natural host S. Devi Thangam and Abraham Verghese Surveillance of tephritid fruit flies in the Sapota orchards of South Gujarat 29 S. R. Patel, Z. P. Patel, K. M. Patel and C. U. Shinde First record of a Buprestid leaf miner, Trachys sp. on okra from Odisha, India 30 Kishore Chandra Sahoo Review Articles/ Short Notes/Essays Hitchhiking on a vehicle to travel between trees: ‘Phoresy’ in 31 nature Shatarupa