Seasonal Incidence of Insect Pest Species of Paddy Collected through Light Trap

The present investigation study on Seasonal Incidence of Insect Pest Species of Paddy Collected Through Light Trapat Jabalpur was carried out at the Krishi Nagar experimental farm, Adhartal, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh during the period between the last week of June to the last week of December, 2015.Result showed that all 8 species were identified as pests of paddy having regular occurrence in light trap catches i.e. Rice gundhi bug, Leptocorisa acuta (Thunberg), Green leaf hopper, Nephotettix virescens (Distant), Army worm, Mythimna separata (Walker), Rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guene), Rice butterfly, Melanitis ledaismene Cramer, Short horn grass hopper, Tetrix subulata Linnaeus, Field cricket, Euscyrtus concinnus (de Haan) and Mole cricket, Gryllotal paorientalis Burmeister. Correlation studies revealed that between various weather parameters and Rice gundhi bug, Leptocorisa acuta (Thunberg), Green leaf hopper, Nephotettix virescens (Distant), Army worm, Mythimna separata (Walker), Rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guene)catches were found non significant and Rice butterfly, Melanitis ledaismene Cramer and Short horn grass hopper, Tetrix subulata Linnaeus showed that significant positive correlation with maximum temperature while Field cricket, Euscyrtus concinnus (de Haan), Mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis Burmeister catches were found significant positive correlation with maximum temperature and evaporation.