**Department of Environmental Studies, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022
Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl-796 004, Mizoram, India.
*Corresponding author's E-mail: rose_khiangte@yahoo.com
Online published on 17 May, 2013.
Hyblaea puera and Diacrisia obliqua are two important pests of the tree component of agroforestry systems in Mizoram showing 2-generation in a year. H. puera is the skeletonizer of Tectona grandis, an important timber species, and D. obliqua is a pest of Clerodendrum colebrookianum, an important tree component of home gardens with medicinal properties. Seasonal difference in the length of life stages of the two species are distinct.
Hyblaea puera, Diacrisia obliqua, Tectona grandis, Clerodendrum colebrookianum, agroforestry
