Description of Three Pest Species of Acrididae from Cholistan Desert Punjab

  • ASIF IQBAL
  • MUHAMMAD ZAIN-UL-ABEDIN
  • MAHEEN MURTAZA, AFSHAN MUNEER
  • AMNA SIDDIQ
  • ZAHID IQBAL
Keywords: Extensive, Survey, Cholistan, Pest, Species, Acrididae, Agricultural

Abstract

In the result of an extensive survey carried out in the university permissive of Cholistan campus following three species were seen and reported in significantly greater numbers they include: Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859), Acrotylus humbertianus Saussure, 1884 and Oxya bidentata (Willemse, 1925 belonging to family Acrididae are of considerable economic importance to agricultural fields. In this, paper their occurrences along with pest status was given.

Published
2021-01-04