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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Infraorder: | Isoptera |
| Family: | Kalotermitidae |
| Genus: | Neotermes |
| Species: | N. greeni
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| Binomial name | |
| Neotermes greeni (Desneux, 1904)
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It is confined to upper elevations of the low country and sometimes in mid country.
Host plants
edit- 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
edit- ^ "An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Live-Wood Termites of Low Grown Tea and Their Management" (PDF). The Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 February 2017.