Abstract Reed, W., Lateef, S.S., Sithanantham, S., and Pawar, C. S. 1989. P i g e o n p e a a n d c h i c k p e a i n s e c t i d e n t i f i c a t i o n h a n d - book. Information Bulletin no. 26. Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh 502 324: India. International Crops Research I n s t i t u t e f o r t h e S e m i - A r i d T r o p i c s . P i g e o n p e a a n d c h i c k p e a a r e t h e t w o m a j o r p u l s e c r o p s t h a t a r e a t t a c k e d b y s e v era l i n s e c t p e s t s a t d i f f e r e n t s t a g e s o f p l a n t g r o w t h t h r o u g h o u t t h e s e m i - a r i d t r o p i c s . M a n y o f t h e m c a u s e s e v e r e y i e l d l o s s e s i n t h e s e c r o p s . T h i s b u l l e t i n p r o v i d e s a s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e s e i n s e c t s , t h e i r b i o l o g y , distribution, and damage symptoms. It includes brief i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e o p t i o n s a v a i l a b l e t o c o n t r o l t h e s e pests, a s w e l l a s d e s c r i p t i o n a n d i l l u s t r a t i o n s o f s e ve ral b e n e f i c i a l insects like parasites, predators, and pollinators. Th e t e x t i s s u p p o r t e d b y s e v e ra l c o l o r p h o t o g r a p h s t o h e l p i d e n t i f y t h e pests. T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l C r o p s R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e f o r t h e S e m i - A r i d T r o p i c s i s a n o n p r o f i t , s c i e n t i f i c , r e s e a r c h a n d t r a i n - i n g I n s t i t u t e r e c e i v i n g s u p p o r t f r o m d o n o r s t h r o u g h t h e C o n s u l t a t i v e G r o u p o n I n t e r n a t i o n a l A g r i c u l t u r a l R e s e a r c h . D o n o r s t o I C R I S A T i n c l u d e g o v e r n m e n t s a n d a g e n c i e s o f Australia, Belgium, Canada, Federal Republic of Ger- many, Finland, France, India, Italy. Japan, Netherlands , Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United S t a t e s o f A m e r i c a , a n d t h e f o l l o w i n g i n t e r n a t i o n a l a n d private organizations: Asian Development Bank, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Inter - national Development Research Centre, International F u n d f o r A g r i c u l t u r a l D e v e l o p m e n t , T h e E u r o p e a n E c o n o m i c Community, The Opec Fund for International Develop- m e n t , T h e W o r l d B a n k , a n d U n i t e d N a t i o n s D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g r a m m e . I n f o r m a t i o n a n d c o n c l u s i o n s i n t h i s p u b l i c a - t i o n d o n o t n e c e s s a r i l y r e f l e c t t h e p o s i t i o n o f t h e a f o r e - m e n t i o n e d g o v e r n m e n t s , a g e n c i e s , a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l a n d private organizations. Cover: Helicoverpa armigera l a r v a damaging pigeonpea pods. Pigeonpea and Chickpea Insect Identification Handbook W. Reed, S.S. Lateef, S. Sithanantham, and C.S. Pawar Entomologists, ICRISAT ICRISAT Information Bulletin no. 26 International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh 502 324, India 1989 Credits Editing: V. Sadhana Designing: S . M . S i n h a Photography: A . B . C h i t n i s ; H.S. D u g g a l ; D . G . Faris; I C A R D A ; I C R I S A T E l e c t r o n M i c r o s c o p y U n i t ; I C R I S A T P h o t o L i b r a r y ; S.S. Lateef; W. R e e d ; S. S i t h a n a n t h a m Artwork: P. S a t y a n a r a y a n a Typesetting: I C R I S A T C o m p o s i n g U n i t C o p y r i g h t © 1989 b y t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l C r o p s R e s e a r c h Institute f o r t h e S e m i - A r i d T r o p i c s ( I C R I S A T ) . A l l r i g h t s reserved. E x c e p t f o r q u o t a t i o n s o f s h o r t pas- s a g e s f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f c r i t i c i s m a n d review, n o p a r t o f t h i s p u b l i c a t i o n m a y b e r e p r o d u c e d , s t o r e d i n retrieval s y s t e m s , o r t r a n s m i t t e d , i n a n y f o r m o r b y a n y m e a n s , electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or o t h e r - w i s e , w i t h o u t p r i o r p e r m i s s i o n o f I C R I S A T . T h e I n s t i t u t e d o e s n o t r e q u i r e p a y m e n t f o r t h e n o n c o m m e r c i a l use o f its p u b l i s h e d w o r k s , a n d h o p e s t h a t t h i s C o p y r i g h t d e c l a r a - t i o n w i l l n o t d i m i n i s h t h e b o n a f i d e u s e o f its r e s e a r c h f i n d i n g s i n a g r i c u l t u r a l r e s e a r c h a n d d e v e l o p m e n t i n o r f o r t h e s e m i - a r i d t r o p i c s .