author(s)
Sanju Singh, AK Sharma, AK Saxena, AK Panday and Sumit H Kakade

abstract
The field experiment was conducted at Jabalpur (M.P) during kharif season 2016, using light trap tool in rice ecosystem for integrated pest management. Phototactic beneficial insects as biocontrol agents (predators and parasites) collected in rice ecosystem from June to October 2016. Taxonomic analysis revealed that these 30 beneficial insects belonging to total 8 orders and 18 families, (7 order, 26 species and 15 family predators and single order Hymenoptera, 3 families & 4 species are parasites) were recorded throughout the kharif season. Based on number of species collected, largest collection was represented by order Coleoptera 12 species (40%) followed by order Hemiptera 7 species (23%), Hymenoptera 4 species (13%), Odonata 2 species (7%), Neroptera 2 species (7%) Dictyoptera 1 species (3%), Orthoptera 1 species (3%), Dermaptera 1 species (3%).