The mole cricket Gryllotalpa is an evolutionarily, medicinal, and agriculturally significant insect that inhabits underground environments and is distributed globally. The objective of the study was to look at the potato pests that are significant commercially in Northern Gujarat's main potato-growing districts. A new insect pest, the mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gorkhana), was discovered to be destroying the potato crop among the other pests that were seen. Damage to foliage, roots, tubers, and stem tissue can be inflicted by both adults and nymphs. Girdling the stems on the soil's surface and tunneling on the soil's surface are two prevalent infestation forms in seedling plants that have the potential to uproot the seedlings. Adults have forelimbs resembling shovels and measure around 20 mm in length. Its pronotum is big and oblong in nature, and its short antennae are filiform in kind. The small, rounded fore wings are followed by longer, membranous hind wings that extend upward.

Gryllotalpa gorkhana, infestation, mole cricket and potato

The paper deal with one species, Gryllotalpa gorkhana (Gryllotalpidae) recorded from different district locations of Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Aravalli, Mehsana and Patan under jurisdiction S. D. Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar. Therefore, new record of Gryllotalpidae distribution in northern Gujarat has been identified.

Barad C. S., Rabari P. H., Gothi H. R., Thakar P. K. and Patel P. S. (2023). First Report of Mole Cricket, Gryllotalpa Gorkhana Ingrisch (Gryllotalpidae: Orthoptera) in Gujarat, India . Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(11): 208-209.