Uttar Pradesh, the largest state of India is one of biodiversity hotspot. The present study is
based on samples collected from Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh located at latitude 27-54’N …

Soil arthropods are a vital link in the food chain as decomposer and without these organisms,
nature would have no way of recycling organic material on its own. The process of …

Soil fauna is a group of animals which spend all or only part of their life cycle in soil. They
are called Soil micro arthropods. They play a significant role in the breakdown of soil organic …

The present manuscript deals with the first ever compilation of moths (Lepidoptera) from the
state of Uttar Pradesh, India, covering a total of 287 species under 204 genera representing …

In the present study, we have documented 59 species representing 43 genera of moths under
family Erebidae (Leach,[1815]) from Aligarh district, the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The …

Soil microarthropods are intimately linked with health and fertility of soil as well as plant
productivity. In India, despite their rich faunal diversity, information on soil microarthropods …

Soil biodiversity is undergoing dramatic changes due to human and climatic interference,
habitat loss and fragmentation due to land use change, increasing pollution and degradation …

Present study is based on seasonal diversity, habitat quality and species specific differences
of micro arthropods abundance in two different managed agro ecosystems at Aligarh. Total …

Calotropis procera (Apocynaceae) is a good host plant of several insect pest species. In this
report, Calotropis procera is presented as a new host plant for a polyphagous lepidopteran …

In the present paper, Olepa koslandana Orhant, 1986, an Arctiid moth, is reported as a new
pest feeding on flowering oilseed plant castor (Ricinus communis L.) from the Indian region, …