Insect biodiversity in flowering teak (Tectona grandis L.f.),. and insects pollinating efficiency on Teak. Comparison in disturb area and undisturbed area of teak insect pollinators in Aligarh Muslim University Campus (U.P.) India

Abstract

The present study is based on the insect pollinators of Teak (Tectona grandis L. f.) encountered in and adjacent to the A.M.U Aligarh campus along with Aligarh fort. The study was carried out from year 2014-2015. The total number of insect collected from the teak flowers were 1382, belonging to hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera and others insect orders. Among 1382 insects, 447 individuals were non-pollinators and 935 were pollinators. The active pollinators are recorded belongs to Hymenoptera (family: Apidae, Vespidae), Lepidoptera (family: Pieridae, Papilionidae) and Diptera (Family: Sarcophagidae, Calliphoridae,). This study provides the information related to insects site selection for foraging of bees, butterflies and Flies of Aligarh Muslim University disturb and undisturbed Area.