HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
INSECT PESTS OF FRUITS PLANTATION MEDICINAL AROMATIC CROPS VEGETABLE ORNAMENTAL AND SPICE CROPS
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Question
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Select the biting and chewing insects from the list below
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Flea Beetle
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Whitefly
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Cricket
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Fruit moth
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Grasshoppers, crickets, ants, cockroaches and earwigs are all chewing insects.
Detailed explanation-2: -The grasshopper has mandibulate mouthparts that are directed downward for biting and chewing the leaves of a host plant. Its labrum is a broad flap that serves as a front lip. Mandibles operate from side to side. They have overlapping edges that cut like scissors and molar surfaces for grinding or crushing.
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