FEEDING POTENTIALITY OF SYRPHID FLY, X. scutellare ON DIFFERENTAPHID SPECIES

摘要

Feeding potentiality of aphidophagoussyrphid fly, X. scutellare Fab. was studied under laboratory condition in the Department of Entomology, C. P. College of Agriculture, S. D. Agricultural University during 2011-12. In feeding potential study, it wasfound that X. scutellarefed more number of L. erysimiaphids (482.30) as preferred host followed by M. persicae (476.50), B. brassicae (422.90), A. craccivora (406.70) and least preferred T. maculate (390.40).