Monitoring Insect and Mite Pest Complex of Amaranthus and Palak

During the research study, sixteen major insect and mite pest species viz., Hymenia recurvalis (Fabricius), Erectomocera impectella (Walker), Spodoptera litura (Fabricius), Liriomyza sp., Hypolixus truncates (Fabricius), Xanthochelus sp., Nezara viridula (Linnaey), Cletus punctiger (Dallus), Cletomorpha hastate (Fabricius), Attractomorpha sp., Aphis craccivora (Koch), Tetranychus sp., Phyllotreta cruciferae (Goeze), Thrips palmi Karny, Scirthothrips dorsalis Hood and Neorthacris sp. were recorded on amaranthus and four insect pests species viz., Spodoptera litura (Fabricius), Liriomyza sp. (Burgess), Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsely and Cletus punctiger were recorded on palak.