~ 1362 ~ Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2018; 6(3): 1362-1367 E-ISSN: 2320-7078 P-ISSN: 2349-6800 JEZS 2018; 6(3): 1362-1367 © 2018 JEZS Received: 04-03-2018 Accepted: 05-04-2018 SK Meena Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Jabalpur, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India AK Sharma Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Jabalpur, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India Rajesh Aarwe Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Jabalpur, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India Correspondence SK Meena Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Jabalpur, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India Total insect fauna of order lepidoptera collected through light trap installed in paddy field SK Meena, AK Sharma and Rajesh Aarwe Abstract The present investigation study on total insect fauna of order lepidoptera collected through light trap installed in a paddy field at Jabalpur was carried out at the Krishi Nagar experimental farm, Adhartal, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh during the period between the last week of June to the last week of December, 2014. Result showed that trap catches total of 40 species belonging to 10 families of order Lepidoptera were recorded throughout the season (kharif 2014). Based on number of species collected, the largest collection was represented by family Noctuidae (12 species) followed by Erebidae (8 species), Arctiidae (5 species), Geometridae (4 species), Sphingidae (3 species), Pyralidae (2 species), Lymantriidae (2 species) and Lasiocampidae (2 species) respectively while family Nymphalidae and Crambidae were represented by single species only. Keywords: Light Trap, Lepidoptera, Rice, Family Introduction Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important cereal crop in the world serving as staple diet for millions of peoples. Rice stands second in the world after wheat in area and production. Almost 90% of rice is grown and consumed in Asia [2] . At global level, rice is grown on an area of about 155.2 million ha with production and productivity of 461 million tonnes and 4.09 tonne ha-1 respectively. India ranks first in respect of area 43.95 million ha second in producing 106.54 million tonne, only after China, but the productivity of rice is very low only 2.42 tonne ha-1. In Madhya Pradesh rice is cultivated in an area of 1.93 million ha with production of 2.78 million tonne and productivity of 1.44 tonne ha -1 [3] . Worldwide food plants are damaged by more than 10,000 species of insects [11] . In India, average losses of paddy production due to insect pests are 25-30% [10] and in Madhya Pradesh about 40-100% losses were observed [12] . Nocturnal insects are often attracted to light sources that emit large amount of UV radiation, and devices that exploit this behavior, such as light traps for forecasting pest outbreaks, and electric insect killers, have been developed [32, 15] reported that phototactic behavior toward ultraviolet light varies among nocturnal flying insects [34] . Suggested that light trap is an effective, bias-free monitoring tool of moth pests, it has often been used in the ecological studies of lepidopteron insect pests in agro-ecosystems [31] . Suggested that light trap is an important tool for minimizing the insect pests damage without any toxic hazards [23] . Revealed that 69 species belonging to 11 orders and 37 families were recorded throughout the season (kharif 2013) by light trap catches. Largest collection was represented by order Lepidoptera (20 species) followed by orders Hemiptera (15 species), Coleoptera (15 species) Orthoptera (6 species) and Hymenoptera (5 species) in descending order respectively. Orders of minor significance were represented by Odonata and Neuroptera having 2 species each while Isoptera, Diptera, Dermaptera and Dictyoptera were represented by one species only. The present investigation is proposed to observe the “Total Insect Fauna of Order Lepidoptera Collected Through Light Trap Installed in Paddy Field”. Materials and Methods The present experiment entitled, “Total Insect Fauna of Order Lepidoptera Collected Through Light Trap Installed in Paddy Field” was carried out at the Krishi Nagar experimental farm, Adhartal, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh during the period between the last week of June to the last week of December, 2014.