U Giri

TL;DR: Field experiments were conducted to study the biodiversity of insect pest species infesting okra in Tripura during two seasons viz, summer and winter, where as, Leaf hopper (Amrasca biguttula biguttulas), Aphid (Aphis gossypii), White fly (Bemisia tabaci) and Leaf folder (Syllepte derogata) were more abundant during winter season.

TL;DR: Though the area is rich in butterfly diversity, it needs a conservation plan in order to protect the butterfly fauna since it harbours some of the schedule species under IWPA and 31.36 and 4.24 % of recorded species are of rare and very rare categories, respectively.

TL;DR: The present study was conducted from May, 2015 to May, 2017 to identify the Dacine fruit fly species present in Tripura, N.E. India and found that 11 species are new records for the state and 6 species ( namely Bactrocera nigrifacia, B. rubigina, b. bogorensis, vulta and B. apicalis) are new record for India.