A new pod bioassay method to determine the toxicity of insecticides against Tea mosquito bug, .

The insecticide susceptibility of Waterhouse (Hemiptera: Miridae) is being evaluated using shoot and glass-vial assay as described by IRAC. However, the reliability of the assay depends on feeding preference and contact toxicity. Hence, the cocoa pod was used as a substrate to test the susceptibility of in comparison with existing methods.

(Motschulsky) on Cocoa Pods ( L.): Matter of Bugs and Fungi.

Exudation of mucilage from pinhead-sized boreholes in cocoa pods was recorded in Karnataka, India, during 2021. Further investigations showed the association of scolytine beetles with infested pods. The identity of the pest, , was confirmed through morphological characterization and sequencing of the mitochondrial gene.

(Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Its Fungal Symbiont Associated with Arecanut Kernel Decay in Karnataka, India.

(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is reported causing damage to areca palm plantations ( L.-Arecaceae) in Karnataka (India). In particular, has been observed attacking and successfully reproducing on areca nuts; besides the new host plant record, the data provided here represent the first documented case of spermatophagy for this xyleborine beetle.