A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON INSECT POLLINATION IN VARIOUS PLANTS AT AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF INDIA, ALIPORE, KOLKATA

摘要

The study emphasizes about insect pollination in various plants in a particular 0.66 Acre (4 katha) area of Agri-Horticultural Society of India, Alipore, Kolkata. It deals with order Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera. Lepidoptera is represented by 16 species belonging to 4 families and Hymenoptera is represented by only 3 species belonging to 2 families. Pollination in plants of that particular area is dominated by lepidopterans. The repeated collections may yield the exact picture on insect pollination invarious plants of that area.