BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF FOREST SCIENCE
A Half-yearly Peer Reviewed Journal of Bangladesh Forest Research Institute
A Half-yearly Peer Reviewed Journal of Bangladesh Forest Research Institute
Seven plant species have been recorded as hosts of teak defoliator, Hyblaea puera Cram.
(Hyblaeidae: Lepidoptera) in Bangladesh. OfthemAvicennia officinalis Linn., a mangrove species,
is a new hostrecord ofH. puera. The food preference ofthe pest larvae was evaluated for all the host
plantspecies. Tectona grandis Linn, wasfound to be the most preferred food followed byAvicennia
officinalis Linn., Callicarpa arborea Roxb., Vitex peduncularis Wall., V. pubescens Vahl., V. negundo
Linn, and Oroxylunt indicum Vent.
