author(s)
Krishna Kumar S, P Balasubramanian and T Rajesh

abstract
Khasi Mandarin is well known for its sweetness and soft peel contrast to that it has the greatest cultural and economic value which is attached to the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya. Seasonal incidence of insect pests on Khasi mandarin has been carried out during the period between August 2018 and February 2019 in Mawryngkneng village of East Khasi hills district of Meghalaya for identifying potential threat of this valuable fruit crop. The fixed plot survey study revealed that about 7 insect species are predominant in occurrence out of 32 recorded. Among them citrus leaf miner (Phyllocnistis citrella) and hemipteran pests were occurred frequently. Lemon butterfly (Papilio demoleus) and citrus trunk borer (Anoplophora versteegi) are least concern.