Vol. 12, Special Issue 8 (2023)

Author(s):
Abdul Mujeeb S and Tarak Nath Goswami

Abstract:
A survey was conducted in two distinct paddy field environments, namely, Sabour (Bihar) and Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) from where population of rice gundhi bugs were collected to assess the diversity and species composition. The study unveiled two species of rice gundhi bug, namely, ‘Leptocorisa oratorius (Fabricius) and L. acuta’ (Thunberg) in both the locations. The study also torched that the L. oratorius was the most dominant species in both the study areas.