Diagnostic Characters and Distribution of Crambidae Fauna in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Campus, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Rathikannu S.*, Ganeshkumar M.**, Chitra N.*** Department of Agricultural Entomology, TNAU, Coimbatores *email: rathikannu@gmail.com
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Online published on 2 January, 2017. Abstract Preliminary study was carried out in the Crambidae fauna at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. The study revealed the occurrence of 34 species from six subfamilies and the subfamily Spilomelinae is the dominant group followed by Glaphyriinae. Many of them are major pests of various agricultural, horticultural and forest trees. Top Keywords Crambidae, Distribution, Light trap, Tympanum, Subfamily. Top |