Efficacy of Lam. (Benth.) leaf and stem bark ethanolic extracts on adult cowpea seed beetle, [ Fabricius (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)] affecting stored cowpea seeds ().

is the most damaging insect pest of stored cowpea () seeds in Nigeria. Thus, this present research work was put in place to assess the insecticidal activities of the extracts obtained from the leaf and stem bark of (Lam.) Benth against the cowpea seed beetle, The parameters that were assessed were adult mortality, oviposition and adult emergence of The experiments were conducted under laboratory conditions of 28±2 °C temperature and 75 ± 5% relative humidity.