Journal of Entomology1812-56701812-5689Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/je.2009.28.34LatifM.A. RahmanM.M. IslamM.R. NuruddinM.M. 1200961Field experiment was conducted to study the arthropod
biodiversity in the brinjal field during February to August. Twenty species
of harmful arthropods under 17 families were observed belonging to 6 different
orders. The brinjal shoot and fruit borer (Leucinodes orbonalis),
jassid (Amrasca biguttula biguttula), epilachna beetle (Epilachna
sp.) white fly (Bemisia tabaci) and aphid (Aphis gossypii)
were found as the most common and major insect pests of brinjal. Ten plant
dwelling predaceous arthropod families were found in the field among them
42.44% were occupied by three families under Coleopteran insect. Spider
under lycosidae family possessed 30.23%, which was ranked as the second
most important arthropods. Surface dwelling arthropods caught in pitfall
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