MORPHOLOGY AND PREY-PREDATOR CATALOGUE OF GENUS OENOPIA MULSANT 1850 (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE) FROM UTTARAKHAND

Intensive field survey was undertaken to report the distribution and prey-predator relationships of Genus Oenopia (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand focusing on five species of coccinellid beetles: Oenopia sexreata, Oenopia mimica, Oenopia sauzeti, Oenopia kirbyi, and Oenopia luteopustulata, which are found on various host plants preying on aphids. All species are classified under the subfamily Coccinellinae and the tribe Coccinellini. Various homopterans like whiteflies, psyllids, planthoppers, as well as Sternorrhyncha and Chrysomelidae, have been identified as prey for Oenopia species.