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03DBF53C387AC639FCE900ED157CFB1A.text	03DBF53C387AC639FCE900ED157CFB1A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Coleoptera	<div><p>Order COLEOPTERA</p> <p>Coleoptera (beetles and weevils) is the largest order in the class Insecta. They feed on a wide variety of diets, inhabit all terrestrial and fresh-water environments, and exhibit a number of diferent life styles. Many species are herbivores, adapted to feed on the roots, stems, leaves, or reproductive structures of their host plants. Some species live on fungi, others burrow into plant tissues and some excavate tunnels in wood or under bark. Many beetles are predators. Some beetles are scavengers, feeding primarily on carrion, decaying wood or other dead organic matter.</p> <p>19 species under 16 genera belonging to 05 families of the order Coleoptera were reported from the tea gardens of North Bengal (Table 6). Of them, Scarabaeidae represent 09 Species followed by Cerambycidae (06 Species), Coccinellidae (02 Species), Lucanidae (01 species) and Curculionidae (01 species). Among the family Scarabaeidae, three species namely, Holotrichia sp., Anomala dimidiata and Xylotrupes gideon are reported as pests of tea (Roy et al., 2014).</p> <p>Only two species of the family Cocinellidae, Micraspis discolor and Coccinella septempunctata are recorded during present study (Table 6). Micraspis discolor is the most abundant species of coccinellid in all the ecosystems. Roy et al., (2010) were observed twenty species of coccinellid predators in Sub-Himalayan tea plantation of North Bengal during 2004 to 2006. Of these, Micraspis discolor (**) was dominant (42.5%) in the conventionally managed tea plantations. The life cycle studies also suggested that the tea aphid was the preferred prey for Micraspis discolor, but the predator can survive on red spider mite also Roy et al., (2010). The abundance of adult M. discolor in rice at flowering phase does not correspond to prey abundance in the field but rather reflects an inclination to pollen feeding more than entomophagy (Shanker et al. 2013). C. septempunctata (**) has a broad ecological range. Both the adults and the larvae are voracious predators of aphids. The diversity of lady bird beetles in tea ecosystem may be due to the complex and stable ecosystem of tea plantations.</p> <p>05 species (*) as pest and 02 species as predators (**) of the order Coleoptera were reported from the tea gardens of North Bengal (Table 6).</p> <p>plants of North Bengal</p> <p>No. Species</p> <p>Family CERAMBYCIDAE</p> <p>1 Dorysthenes (Lophosternus) indicus (Hope, 1831)</p> <p>2 Dorysthenes (Paraphrus) granulosus (Thomson, 1861)</p> <p>3 Xystrocera globosa (Olivier, 1795)</p> <p>4 Aristobia approximator (Thomson, 1865)</p> <p>5 Batocera rufomaculata (De Geer, 1775)</p> <p>6 Nupserha sp.</p> <p>Family SCARABAEIDAE</p> <p>7* Xylotrupes gideon (Fabricius, 1775)</p> <p>8* Catharsius molossus (Linnaeus, 1758)</p> <p>9 Catharsius sagax (Quenstedt, 1806)</p> <p>10 Onitis subopacus (Arrow, 1931)</p> <p>11* Holotrichia sp.</p> <p>12 Brahmina sp.</p> <p>13 Anomala grandis (Hope, 1840)</p> <p>14* Anomala dimidiata (Hope, 1831)</p> <p>15 Melolontha guttigera (Sharp, 1876)</p> <p>Family COCCINELLIDAE</p> <p>16** Micraspis discolor (Fabricius, 1798)</p> <p>17** Coccinella septempunctata (Linnaeus,1758)</p> <p>Family LUCANIDAE</p> <p>18 Odontolabis siva (Hope &amp; Westwood, 1845)</p> <p>Family CURCULIONIDAE</p> <p>19* Astycus lateralis (Fabricius, 1792)</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBF53C387AC639FCE900ED157CFB1A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mitra, Bulganin;Shah, Suresh Kumar;Mishra, Purnendu	Mitra, Bulganin, Shah, Suresh Kumar, Mishra, Purnendu (2018): Insect Fauna associated with the Tea Ecosystem of North Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (2): 178, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/120289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/120289
03DBF53C3875C638FCF704CF16DCF8A8.text	03DBF53C3875C638FCF704CF16DCF8A8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Diptera	<div><p>Order DIPTERA</p> <p>The Diptera are commonly known as “True flies” and include many familiar insects such as mosquitoes, flies (black flies, fruit flies, blow flies, house flies etc.), midges (biting, non-biting), gnats (fungus, root), keds, bots etc. This diversity of names denotes the importance of the group and reflects the range of organisms in the order. Diptera exploit most of the available ecological niches in most of the biological roles, e.g., saprophages (many), commensals (some Scatopsidae, Chironomidae and Phoridae), predators (many), parasites (many), symbionts (some Chironomidae and algae) and scavengers.</p> <p>24 species under 23 genera of (08) families of Diptera were reported from the tea gardens of North Bengal (Table 5). Of them, the family Syrphidae shares maximum number of species (09), followed by Asilidae (04), Bombyllidae (02), Calliphoridae (02), Rhiniidae (02),</p> <p>Muscidae (02) and Sarcophagidae (02) and Tipulidae (01). Shah and Mitra (2015) reports Microstyllum pseudoanantakrishnanii Joseph and Parui as the predator of the moths from the tea gardens of North Bengal (**). Das et al. (2010) confirmed 54 species of predators of insect pests from tea gardens of northern West Bengal, of which a single dipteran species Ischiodon scutellaris (**) as a predator (maggot stage) of tea pest (Table 5).</p> <p>No. Species</p> <p>Family TIPULIDAE</p> <p>1 Nephrotoma consimilis (Brunetti, 1911)</p> <p>Family ASILIDAE</p> <p>2** Microstyllum pseudoanantakrishnanii (Joseph &amp; Parui, 1982)</p> <p>3 Microstyllum brunnipenne (Macquart, 1849)</p> <p>4 Cophinopoda chinensis (Fabricius, 1794)</p> <p>5 Promachus duvaucelii (Macquart, 1838)</p> <p>Family SYRPHIDAE</p> <p>6 Volucella sp.</p> <p>7 Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer, 1776)</p> <p>8 Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus, 1758)</p> <p>9 Mesembrias sp.</p> <p>10 Eristalodes paria (Bigot, 1880)</p> <p>11 Eristalinus arvorum (Fabricius, 1787)</p> <p>12 Melanostoma orientale (Wiedemann, 1824)</p> <p>13 Betasyrphus serarius (Wiedemann, 1830)</p> <p>14** Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805)</p> <p>Family BOMBYLIIDAE</p> <p>15 Hyperalonia suffusipennis (Brunetti, 1909)</p> <p>16 Exoprosopa (Exoprosopa) insulata (Walker, 1852) Family CALLIPHORIDAE</p> <p>17 Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794)</p> <p>18 Hemipyrellia ligurriens (Wiedemann, 1830)</p> <p>Family RHINIIDAE</p> <p>19 Idiella mandarina (Wiedemann, 1830)</p> <p>20 Stomorhina discolor (Fabricius, 1794)</p> <p>Family MUSCIDAE</p> <p>21 Musca (Musca) domestica (Linnaeus, 1758)</p> <p>22 Neomyia indica (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)</p> <p>Family SARCOPHAGIDAE</p> <p>23 Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) dux (Thomson, 1869)</p> <p>24 Sarcophaga sp.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBF53C3875C638FCF704CF16DCF8A8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mitra, Bulganin;Shah, Suresh Kumar;Mishra, Purnendu	Mitra, Bulganin, Shah, Suresh Kumar, Mishra, Purnendu (2018): Insect Fauna associated with the Tea Ecosystem of North Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (2): 178, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/120289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/120289
03DBF53C3875C637FF3102051244FB5B.text	03DBF53C3875C637FF3102051244FB5B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hemiptera	<div><p>Order HEMIPTERA</p> <p>Hemiptera (True Bugs), is a very large and diverse order and also important in agriculture, known to cause direct damage to plants by herbivory and indirectly by transporting diseases. Predatory Hemiptera have also been used in agricultural systems to control pests</p> <p>29 species belonging to 28 genera of hemipteran bugs from the tea gardens of North Bengal were reported. Of them, the family Pentatomidae shares the highest number of species (07), followed by Coreidae (04), Lygaeidae (03), Fulgoridae (03), Reduviidae (03), Cicadidae (02), Cercopidae (01), Membracidae (01), Largidae (01), Pyrrhocoridae (01), Scutelleridae (01), Miridae (01). 05 hemipteran species (*) were reported as pest of tea from North Bengal (Table 4).</p> <p>1 Leptataspis fulviceps (Dallas, 1850)</p> <p>Family CICADIDAE</p> <p>2* Huechys sanguinea (De Geer, 1773)</p> <p>3 Paomponia picta (Walker, 1870)</p> <p>Family FULGORIDAE</p> <p>4 Lawana conspersa (Walker, 1851)</p> <p>5 Ricania speculum (Walker, 1851)</p> <p>6 Polydictya tricolor (Westwood, 1845)</p> <p>Family MEMBRACIDAE</p> <p>7 Darthula hardwicki (Gray, 1831)</p> <p>Family COREIDAE</p> <p>8 Cletus bipunctatus (Herrich-Schafer, 1840)</p> <p>9 Riptortus linearis (Fabricius, 1775)</p> <p>10 Riptortus pedestris (Fabricius, 1775)</p> <p>11* Elasmomia granulipes (Westwood, 1842)</p> <p>Family LYGAEIDAE</p> <p>12 Paromius exiguous (Distant, 1883)</p> <p>13 Metochus uniguttatus (Thunberg, 1879)</p> <p>14 Graptostethus trisignatus (Distant, 1879)</p> <p>Family PENTATOMIDAE</p> <p>15* Halys dentatus (Fabricius, 1775)</p> <p>16 Nezara viridula (Linnaeus, 1758)</p> <p>17* Andrallus spinidens (Fabricius, 1787)</p> <p>18 Tolumnia latipes (Dallas, 1851)</p> <p>19 Erthesina fullo (Thunberg, 1783)</p> <p>20 Plautia crossata (Stal, 1869)</p> <p>21 Eocanthecona furcellata (Wolf, 1811)</p> <p>Family LARGIDAE</p> <p>22 Macroceraria grandis (Gray, 1832)</p> <p>Family PYRRHOCORIDAE</p> <p>23 Odontopus nigricornis (Stall, 1861)</p> <p>24 Physopelta quadrigutta (Bergroth, 1894)</p> <p>Family REDUVIIDAE</p> <p>25 Vilius melanopterus (Stall, 1863)</p> <p>26 Coranus spiniscutis (Reuter, 1881)</p> <p>27 Triatoma rubrofasciatus (De Geer, 1773)</p> <p>Family SCUTELLERIDAE</p> <p>28 Cantao ocellatus (Thunberg, 1784)</p> <p>Family MIRIDAE</p> <p>29* Helopeltis theivora (Waterhouse, 1886)</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBF53C3875C637FF3102051244FB5B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mitra, Bulganin;Shah, Suresh Kumar;Mishra, Purnendu	Mitra, Bulganin, Shah, Suresh Kumar, Mishra, Purnendu (2018): Insect Fauna associated with the Tea Ecosystem of North Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (2): 178, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/120289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/120289
03DBF53C3877C637FF310496153BFDFF.text	03DBF53C3877C637FF310496153BFDFF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepidoptera	<div><p>Order LEPIDOPTERA</p> <p>Butterflies, moths and skippers are one of the most important groups of insect in the animal world under the order Lepidoptera. They are beautiful in colours, diverse in their numbers, and play a pivotal role in the faunal analysis and environmental monitoring and planning of any region. The role of butterflies and some moths in any habitat is best known by even common people nowadays, as good and potential natural pollinators, ecological indicators etc., which enable to assess or monitor habitat changes. Among insects, butterflies are well studied groups in terms of their taxonomy, geographic distribution etc., and therefore, they are the suitable group for ecological studies, Butterflies show distinct pattern of habitat utilization. The presence of butterflies denotes the availability of larval food plants in great abundance. Butterfly host plants are those plants, on which specific butterfly species lay eggs, and caterpillars will then hatch and use plant as their sole food source. Butterflies are generally diurnal and visit flowers that open in the morning and also during the hours of bright sunshine.</p> <p>Presently 37 species belonging to 06 families of butterflies from North Bengal tea gardens were collected and identified. Of them, Nymphalidae shares 20 species followed by Pieridae (10 species), Hesperiidae (03species), Papilionidae (02 species), Lycaenidae (01 species) and Riodinidae (01 species) (Table 2).</p> <p>No. Species</p> <p>Family HESPERIIDAE</p> <p>1 Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar, 1844)</p> <p>2 Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)</p> <p>3 Tagiades japeteus attieus (Fabricius, 1793)</p> <p>Family LYCAENIDAE</p> <p>4 Poritia hewitsoni Moore, 1865</p> <p>Family NYMPHALIDAE</p> <p>5 Aglais cshmirensis (Kollar, 1848)</p> <p>6 Athyma kanwa Moore, 1858</p> <p>8 Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)</p> <p>9 Danaus genutia (Cramer, 1779)</p> <p>10 Euploea core core (Cramer, 1780)</p> <p>11 Euploea mulciber mulciber (Cramer, 1777)</p> <p>12 Junonia almana Linnaeus, 1758</p> <p>13 Junonia atlites Linnaeus, 1763</p> <p>14 Junonia hierta (Fabricius, 1798)</p> <p>15 Junonia iphita Cramer, 1779</p> <p>16 Junonia lemonias (Linnaeus, 1758)</p> <p>17 Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758)</p> <p>18 Mycalesis perseus blasius (Fabricius, 1798)</p> <p>19 Neptis hylas astola Linnaeus, 1872</p> <p>20 Parantica aglea melanoides Moore, 1883</p> <p>21 Symbrenthia hippoclus (Cramer, 1782)</p> <p>22 Tirumala hamata septentrionis (Butler, 1874)</p> <p>23 Ypthima hubneri Kirby, 1871</p> <p>24 Ypthima similis Elwis &amp; Edward, 1893 Family PAPILIONIDAE</p> <p>25 Papilio polytes stichius Evans, 1912</p> <p>26 Parides dasarada (Moore, 1857)</p> <p>Family PIERIDAE</p> <p>27 Appias libythea (Fabricius, 1775)</p> <p>28 Catopsilia crocale Cramer, 1775</p> <p>29 Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775)</p> <p>30 Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758)</p> <p>31 Cepora nadina (Lucas, 1852)</p> <p>32 Eurema blanda silhetana Wallace, 1867</p> <p>33 Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus, 1758)</p> <p>34 Hebomoia glaucippe (Linnaeus, 1758)</p> <p>35 Leptosia nina nina (Fabricius, 1739)</p> <p>36 Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)</p> <p>Family RIODINIDAE</p> <p>37 zemeros flegyas (Guerin, 1843)</p> <p>Beside above, 40 species belonging to 06 families of moths are found associated with tea plants in North Bengal. The family Erebidae dominates with 15 species followed by the family Crambidae (09 species), Geometridae (08 species), Sphingidae (04 species), Zygaenidae (03 species) and</p> <p>Torticidae (01 species). Present communication reports 20 moth species (*) as tea pests from North Bengal (Table 3).</p> <p>No. Species</p> <p>Family CRAMBIDAE</p> <p>1 Omiodes surrectalis (Walker, 1866)</p> <p>2 Arthroschista hilaralis (Walker, 1859)</p> <p>3 Glyphodes stolalis Guenee, 1854</p> <p>4 Parotis marginata (Hampson, 1893)</p> <p>5 Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)</p> <p>6 Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833)</p> <p>7 Nosophora semitritalis (Lederer, 1863)</p> <p>8 Eoophyla sejuncta (Snellen, 1876)</p> <p>9 Diaphania sp.</p> <p>Family EREBIDAE</p> <p>10* Arctornis submarginata Walker, 1855</p> <p>11* Somena scintillans (Walker, 1856)</p> <p>12* Lymantria marginalis (Walker, 1862)</p> <p>13* Miltochrista cuneonotata (Walker, 1855)</p> <p>14 Chionaema bianca (Walker, 1856)</p> <p>15* Nyctemera adversata Schaller, 1788</p> <p>16* Creatonotos transiens (Walker, 1855)</p> <p>17 Creatonotos gangis (Linnaeus, 1763)</p> <p>18* Argina argus (Kollar, 1844)</p> <p>19 Argina astrea (Drury, 1773)</p> <p>20 Asota egens (Walker, 1854)</p> <p>21* Arna bipunctapex Hampson, 1891</p> <p>22* Euproctis sp.</p> <p>23* Orgyia sp.</p> <p>24 Callimorpha plagiata Walker, 1855</p> <p>Family GEOMETRIDAE</p> <p>25* Ascotis selenaria (Denis &amp; Schifermiller, 1775)</p> <p>26* Biston suppressaria (Guenee, 1858)</p> <p>27* Hyposidra talaca Walker, 1860</p> <p>28* Hyposidra infixaria Walker, 1860</p> <p>29 Semiothisa eleonora (Villers, 1789)</p> <p>30* Ectropis sp.</p> <p>31* Cleora sp.</p> <p>32* Petelia sp.</p> <p>Family SPHINGIDAE</p> <p>33 Theretra nessus Drury, 1773</p> <p>34 Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775)</p> <p>35 Argius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)</p> <p>36 Acosmeryx omissa Rothschild and Jordan, 1903 Family TORTRICIDAE</p> <p>37 Loboschiza koenigiana (Fabricius, 1775) Family ZYGAENIDAE</p> <p>38* Eterusia aedea aedea Linnaeus, 1763</p> <p>39* Eterusia edcola Doubleday, 1847</p> <p>40* Trypanophora semihyalina Kollar, 1844</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBF53C3877C637FF310496153BFDFF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mitra, Bulganin;Shah, Suresh Kumar;Mishra, Purnendu	Mitra, Bulganin, Shah, Suresh Kumar, Mishra, Purnendu (2018): Insect Fauna associated with the Tea Ecosystem of North Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (2): 178, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/120289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/120289
03DBF53C387BC639FF31051813A7FBBA.text	03DBF53C387BC639FF31051813A7FBBA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Odonata	<div><p>Order ODONATA</p> <p>The Odonata is an important insect order which comprises of fascinating and harmless insects popularly known as dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damsel flies (Zygoptera). Odonates are amphibiotic and diverse in nature. Many of these species inhabit wide variety of natural fresh water habitats, though there are some species which have adapted themselves to man-made water bodies. Being habitat specific and sensitive to habitat change their presence or absence indicates the quality of an ecosystem. They are considered as beneficial insects because their larvae (aquatic) and adults (terrestrial) are predators. Thus, assist in control of insect pest populations.</p> <p>12 species under 08 genera belonging to 02 families of the order Odonata were reported from diferent tea gardens of North Bengal. The family Libellulidae shared 09 species and the family Coenagrionidae shared 03 species.</p> <p>Das et al. (2010) observed that in sub Himalayan tea plantations of North Bengal, 4% of the predatory insects comprised of odonates. Present study documented Orthetrum sabina (Drury) (**) predates on the Hyposidra talaca (Walker) in the tea gardens of North Bengal (Table 7).</p> <p>of North Bengal</p> <p>Family LIBELLULIDAE</p> <p>1 Crocothemis erythraea (Brulle, 1832)</p> <p>2 Crocothemis servilia (Drury, 1773)</p> <p>3 Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur, 1842)</p> <p>4 Neurothemis fulvia (Drury, 1773)</p> <p>5 Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer, 1865)</p> <p>6 Orthetrum pruinosum (Burrneister, 1839)</p> <p>7** Orthetrum sabina (Drury, 1770)</p> <p>8 Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)</p> <p>9 Trithemis festiva (Rambur, 1842)</p> <p>Family COENAGRlONIDAE</p> <p>10 Ischnura aurora (Brauer, 1865)</p> <p>11 Pseudagrion microcephalum (Rambur, 1842)</p> <p>12 Pseudagrion rubriceps (Selys, 1876)</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBF53C387BC639FF31051813A7FBBA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mitra, Bulganin;Shah, Suresh Kumar;Mishra, Purnendu	Mitra, Bulganin, Shah, Suresh Kumar, Mishra, Purnendu (2018): Insect Fauna associated with the Tea Ecosystem of North Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (2): 178, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/120289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/120289
03DBF53C387BC63AFCF704B815C9FE07.text	03DBF53C387BC63AFCF704B815C9FE07.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Orthoptera , (Joern and Rudd 1982	<div><p>Order ORTHOPTERA</p> <p>The insects under order Orthoptera are popularly known as grasshoppers, crickets etc. These insects inhabit many variety of habitats, like open grasslands, gardens, pastures, agro-fields, swamps and rain forests etc. Present communication reports 06 species under 06 genera belonging to03families of Orthoptera from the tea gardens of North Bengal (Table 8). Of them, Tettigonidae shares highest number of species (04) followed by Gryllidae and Pyrgomorphidae one species each. Nath et al., (2009) has been detected Atractomorpha crenulata (Fabricius, 1793) as possible pest of tea plant and other crops. Present communication reports only four orthopteran species (*) as pest of tea plant from North Bengal (Table 8).</p> <p>plants of North Bengal</p> <p>No. Species</p> <p>Family TETTIGONIDAE</p> <p>1* Holochlora indica (Kirby, 1906)</p> <p>2 Ducetia japonica (Thunberg, 1815)</p> <p>3 Euconocephalus pallidus (Redtenbacher, 1891)</p> <p>4* Mecopoda elongata (Linnaeus, 1758)</p> <p>Family GRYLLIDAE</p> <p>5* Tarbinskiellus orientalis (Fabricius, 1775)</p> <p>Family PYRGOMORPHIDAE</p> <p>6* Atractomorpha crenulata (Fabricius, 1793)</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBF53C387BC63AFCF704B815C9FE07	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mitra, Bulganin;Shah, Suresh Kumar;Mishra, Purnendu	Mitra, Bulganin, Shah, Suresh Kumar, Mishra, Purnendu (2018): Insect Fauna associated with the Tea Ecosystem of North Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (2): 178, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/120289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/120289
