Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 85
  • Issue: spl

New host plant record for lac insect Kerria spp. from Andhra Pradesh

  • Author:
  • S R Koteswara Rao*, Talari Naresh, A Mohanasundaram1, G S Panduranga, Sanyasi Dhurua, D P B Jyothula, T Sreenivasa Rao
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Published Online: Jul 12, 2023
  • Page Number: 130 to 131

1Quality and Productivity Improvement Division, ICAR-Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Ranchi834010, Jharkhand, India

Network Project on Conservation of Lac Insect Genetic Resources, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur522034, Andhra Pradesh, India

*Email: srkr23209@gmail.com (corresponding author): https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0360-3902

Online Published on 12 July, 2023.

Abstract

Lac is the only natural resin of animal origin produced by lac insects. The host range of lac insect is more than 400 plant species. Thick dark brown lac encrustation on the stem of an exotic plant Conocarpus lancifolius Engl., was noticed and recorded as a new host plant for lac insect from Andhra Pradesh, India.

Keywords

Kerria, New host plant, Conocarpus lancifolius, Andhra Pradesh, Lac insect, Hemiptera, Tachardiidae, Natural resin, Lac encrustation, Combretaceae