| 10.New record of Aak Grasshopper Poekilocerus pictus (Fabricius, 1775) (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) with a new host plant from Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh (India) |
| Akhlaq Husain and Ashwani Kumar Dubey |
| The present communication deals with the new record of Poekilocerus pictus, the Aak Grasshopper from Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh (India) with its systematic account, distribution, habitat, food & feeding, life cycle, self-defence, host plants, control measures and conservation status. Being brightly coloured, it is also known as painted grasshopper. A new host plant Senna tora is also recorded for this species. Keywords: New record, Poekilocerus pictus, New host plant, Ashoknagar. |