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TS Name of the insectand family TS Name of theinsect and family1 Silver fish

(P-Book pest)LepismatidaeThysanura

12 Aphid(P-polyphagous pest)AphididaeHomoptera

2 Dragon fly(B-predator)

AeshnidaeOdonata

13 Green leaf hopper(P-Jute pest)

CicadellidaeHomoptera

3 Damsel fly(B-predator)CoenagrionidaeOdonata

14 Brown plant hopper(P-Jute pest)DelphacidaeHomoptera

4 Short hornedgrasshopper (P- pest)

AcrididaeOrthoptera

15 White fly(P-polyphagous pest)

AleyrodidaeHomoptera

5 Long hornedgrasshopper (P- pest)TettigoniidaeOrthoptera

16 Cicada(make sound)CicadidaeHomoptera

6 Field cricket(P-Jute pest)GryllidaeOrthoptera

17 Mealy bug(P-polyphagous pest)PseudococcidaeHomoptera

7 Mole cricket(P-Jute pest)GryllotalpidaeOrthoptera

18 Scale insect(P-polyphagous pest)CoccidaeHomoptera

8 Earwig (Predator)ForficulidaeDermaptera

19 Lac insect(B-industrial insect)LacciferidaeHomoptera

9 Cockroach(P-omnivorous pest)BlattidaeDictyoptera

20 citrus psylla(P-citrus pest)PsyllidaeHomoptera

10 Preying mantid(B-predator)MantidaeDictyoptera

21 The buffalotreehopperMembracidaeHomoptera

11 Termite(P-polyphagous pest)TermitidaeIsoptera

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Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Entomology

Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100

E-mail:chandra.ento.sau@gmail.com

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Agricultural University, Sylhet

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TS Name of theinsect and family TS Name of theinsect and family22 Giant water bug

(aquatic predator)BelostomatidaeHetaroptera

31 Tiger beetle(B-predator)CicindelidaeColeoptera

23 Water boatman(aquatic)CorixidaeHetaroptera

32 Ground beetle(B-predator)CarabidaeColeoptera

24 Stink bug (P- pest)PentatomidaeHetaroptera

33 Diving beetle(B-predator)DytiscidaeColeoptera

25 Red cotton bug(P- pest)PyrrhocoridaeHetaroptera

34 Water scavengerbeetleHydrophilidaeColeoptera

26 Squash bugs(P-cucurbit pest)CoreidaeHetaroptera

35 Dung beetle(P-scavenger)ScarabaeidaeColeoptera

27 Bed bugs(Bite human)CimicidaeHetaroptera

36 Rhinoceros beetle(P-cononut pest)ScarabaeidaeColeoptera

28 Assasin bugs(B-predator)ReduviidaeHetaroptera

37 May beetle (P- pest)ScarabaeidaeColeoptera

29 Tea mosquito bug(P-tea pest)MiridaeHetaroptera

38 June beetle(P- pest)ScarabaeidaeColeoptera

30 Rice bug (P-rice pest)AlydidaeHetaroptera

39 Lady bird beetle(B-predator)CoccinellidaeColeoptera

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TS Name of the insectand family TS Name of theinsect and family40 Epilachna beetle

(P- veg. pest)CoccinellidaeColeoptera

47 Pulse beetle(P-stored pest)BruchidaeColeoptera

41 Tortoise beetle(Pn-non-economic)ChrysomelidaeColeoptera

48 Red flour beetle(P-stored pest)TenebrionidaeColeoptera

42 Red pumpkin beetle(P-veg. pest)ChrysomelidaeColeoptera

49 Khapra beetle(P-stored pest)DermestidaeColeoptera

43 Rice hispa(P-rice pest)ChrysomelidaeColeoptera

50 Click beetle(P-wheat pest)ElateridaeColeoptera

44 Metallic wood boring

beetleBuprestidaeColeoptera

51 Rove beetle

(B-predator)StaphylinidaeColeoptera

45 Long-horned woodboring beetleCerambycidaeColeoptera

52 Rice weevil(P-stored pest)CurculionidaeColeoptera

46 Fire flyLampyridaeColeoptera

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Chandra Kanta Dash

Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Entomology

Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100

E-mail:chandra.ento.sau@gmail.com

Prepared by: Chandra Kanta Dash, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Entomology, Sylhet

Agricultural University, Sylhet

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TS Name of the insectand family TS Name of theinsect and family53 Brush-footed butterfly

(PN- pest)NymphalidaeLepidoptera(Rhopalocera)

59 Rice yellow stemborer (P- rice pest)PyralidaeLepidoptera(Heterocera)

54 Swallotail butterfly(P-citrus pest)

PapilionidaeLepidoptera(Rhopalocera)

60 Tiger moth(P-jute pest)

ArctiidaeLepidoptera(Heterocera)

55 Lemon butterfly(P-citrus pest)PapilionidaeLepidoptera(Rhopalocera)

61 Hawk moth(P-oil-seed pest)SphingidaeLepidoptera(Heterocera)

56 Cabbage butterfly(P-veg. pest)PieridaeLepidoptera

(Rhopalocera)

62 Cutworm(P-polyphagous pest)NoctuidaeLepidoptera

(Heterocera)

57 Yellow butterfly(Pn- pest)PieridaeLepidoptera(Rhopalocera)

63 Mango defoliatorSaturniidaeLepidoptera(Heterocera)

58 Sulphur butterfly(Pn- pest)PieridaeLepidoptera(Rhopalocera)

64 Silkworm moth(B-industrial insect)BombycidaeLepidoptera(Heterocera)

Prepared byChandra Kanta Dash

Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Entomology

Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100

E-mail:chandra.ento.sau@gmail.com

65 Rice skipper(P- rice pest)HesperidaeLepidoptera(Heterocera)

66 Diamond back moth(P-veg. pest)PlutellidaeLepidoptera(Heterocera)

(Pn- pest)(B-predator)(P-household pest)(B-parasitoid)P=Harmful insect (pest)B=Beneficial insect (Predator/Parasitoid)Pn=Non-economic pest/Pest but not so harmful

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TS Name of the insect and family TS Name of the insect and family67 Mosquito

(P-household pest)CulicidaeDiptera (Nematocera)

77 DrosophilaDrosophilidaeDiptera (Cyclorrhapha)

68 Gall midge(P-gall making pest)CecidomyiidaeDiptera (Nematocera)

78 Ichneumon fly(B-predator)IchneumonidaeHymenoptera

69 Horse fly(P-domestic pest)TabanidaeDiptera (Brachycera)

79 Braconid wasp(B-parasitoid)BraconidaeHymenoptera

70 Robber fly(B-predator)AsilidaeDiptera (Brachycera)

80 Wasp (B-predator)VespidaeHymenoptera

71 Hover fly (B-predator)SyrphidaeDiptera (Cyclorrhapha)

81 Ant(P-household pest)FormicidaeHymenoptera

72 House fly(P-household pest)MuscidaeDiptera (Cyclorrhapha)

82 Honey bee(Industrial insect)ApidaeHymenoptera

73 Blow fly(P-household pest)CalliphoridaeDiptera (Cyclorrhapha)

83 Chalcid wasp(B-parasitoid)ChalcididaeHymenoptera

74 Tachinid fly(B-parasitoid)TachinidaeDiptera (Cyclorrhapha)

84 Trichogrammatid wasp(B-parasitoid)TrichogrammatidaeHymenoptera

75 fruit fly(P- fruit & veg. pest)ephritidaeDiptera (Cyclorrhapha)

85 Eulophid wasp(B-parasitoid)EulophidaeHymenoptera

76 Leaf miner fly(P- veg. pest)AgromyzidaeDiptera (Cyclorrhapha)

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