1Department of Entomology, ANGRAU – Agricultural College, Bapatla - 522 101, Andhra Pradesh, India; E-mail : sr.koteswararao@angrau.ac.in
Vignan Institute of Agriculture and Technology, SAFT, Vignan Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Vadlamudi, Guntur – 522 213, Andhra Pradesh, India
*Corresponding authors’ E-mail : drtn_ahs@vignan.ac.in
Online Published on 24 December, 2025.
Over 400 plant species serve as host plants for lac insects, with significant commercial cultivation on species such as Schleichera oleosa (Kusum), Butea monosperma (Palas), Ziziphus mauritiana (Ber) and Flemingia semialata. During a field survey conducted from 2018 to 2021 in Andhra Pradesh, the presence of lac encrustation was observed on the stems and branches of Ficus amplissima Smith in Vadlamudi village, Chebrolu Mandal, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Ficus amplissima, Host plant, Kerria, Lac insect, Moraceae, Tachardiidae
