Neotermes greeni

Neotermes greeni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Infraorder:	Isoptera
Family:	Kalotermitidae
Genus:	Neotermes
Species:	N. greeni
Binomial name
Neotermes greeni (Desneux, 1904)
Synonyms
Calotermes greeniDesneux, 1904

Neotermes greeni, is a species of drywood termite of the genus Neotermes . It is native to India and Sri Lanka. ^[1] It closely resembles Postelectrotermes militaris . It is a minor pest of tea in Sri Lanka, ^[2] and major pest of mango in India.

It is confined to upper elevations of the low country and sometimes in mid country.

Host plants

• Albizia saman
• Anacardium occidentale
• Artocarpus heterophyllus
• Camellia sinensis
• Cassia multijuga
• Casuarina equisetifolia
• Crotalaria micans
• Croton laccifer
• Cupressus lindleyi
• Elaeocarpus serratus
• Erythrina subumbrans
• Ficus elastica
• Grevillea robusta
• Hevea brasiliensis
• Ligustrum robustum
• Litsea glutinosa
• Nephelium lappaceum
• Shorea zeylanica
• Spondias mombin
• Toona ciliata

References

1. "An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
2. "Live-Wood Termites of Low Grown Tea and Their Management" (PDF). The Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 February 2017.

External links

• Biology and control of the live-wood termites of tea
• Termites on Ceylon tea estates Archived 2017-02-15 at the Wayback Machine