author(s)
Mehwish Kainat, Waheed Ali Panhwar, Sardar Azhar Mehmood and Feza Can Cengiz

abstract
Moth species Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758) belonging to family Plutellidae was collected from district Mansehra and its incidence and distribution has been recorded at district level. Maximum population of P. xylostella was collected from Mansehra Tehsil i-e 53% followed by Balakot Tehsil with 29% while minimum population was collected from Oghi Tehsil with 18% respectively.