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Occurrence of Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India with a Note on Rove Beetle as its Potential Natural Enemy


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1 Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati - 517 502, Andhra Pradesh, India
2 Administrative Office, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Lam, Guntur - 522 034, A. P., India
3 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (ICAR-NBAIR), H. A. Farm Post, Hebbal, Bellary Road, Bengaluru – 560 024, Karnataka, India
4 Department of Plant Pathology, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, A. P., India
 

The occurrence of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in maize fields of Tirupati region, Andhra Pradesh is herewith reported. Field surveys in maize fields revealed that the rove beetle, Paederus fuscipes Curtis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) was found predating the larvae of fall armyworm and this is the first report of P. fuscipes on fall armyworm from India. The species identity of both fall armyworm and the rove beetle was confirmed through molecular studies by amplifying cytochrome oxidase I gene (CO1) and DNA barcoding.


Keywords

Fall Armyworm, Invasive Pest, Maize, Paederus fuscipes, Predator.
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Authors

V. Abdul Rasheed
Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati - 517 502, Andhra Pradesh, India
S. R. Koteswara Rao
Administrative Office, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Lam, Guntur - 522 034, A. P., India
K. Sreedevi
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (ICAR-NBAIR), H. A. Farm Post, Hebbal, Bellary Road, Bengaluru – 560 024, Karnataka, India
B. Bhaskar
Department of Plant Pathology, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, A. P., India
T. R. Ashika
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (ICAR-NBAIR), H. A. Farm Post, Hebbal, Bellary Road, Bengaluru – 560 024, Karnataka, India
T. Venkatesan
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (ICAR-NBAIR), H. A. Farm Post, Hebbal, Bellary Road, Bengaluru – 560 024, Karnataka, India
S. K. Jalali
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (ICAR-NBAIR), H. A. Farm Post, Hebbal, Bellary Road, Bengaluru – 560 024, Karnataka, India

Abstract


The occurrence of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in maize fields of Tirupati region, Andhra Pradesh is herewith reported. Field surveys in maize fields revealed that the rove beetle, Paederus fuscipes Curtis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) was found predating the larvae of fall armyworm and this is the first report of P. fuscipes on fall armyworm from India. The species identity of both fall armyworm and the rove beetle was confirmed through molecular studies by amplifying cytochrome oxidase I gene (CO1) and DNA barcoding.


Keywords


Fall Armyworm, Invasive Pest, Maize, Paederus fuscipes, Predator.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc%2F2020%2F25316