Based on the host range A) Mono-phagus host They are only attack one species of the plant e.g.

silkworm on mulberry or yellow stem borer in rice. B) Oligo-phagus host They feed on group of botanically related plants usually within the single plant family e.g. potato tuber moth attack potato, tobacco and other plants within the solanceace family. Similarly diamond back moth attack the plants of the crucifers family. C) Poly-phagus host They feed on diverse range of the plant family. In tropical countries many pest are polyphagus e.g. grass hopper, gram pod borer. Based on the mouth type and feeding A) Biting and chewing Insect feed on the solid portion of the plant i.e. on leaves, stems, flowers, fruits and roots making holes and consuming entire plant parts . e.g. larvae of the Lepidoptera and adult of the coleopteran B) Piercing and sucking Those insect feed on the plant sap usually attacking on above ground parts of the plant e.g. All bug and hopper. C) Rasping and sucking Thysanoptera insect attack mostly on foliages and flower piercing the superficial cells. Some diptera larvae mine on the leaves make cannels and bore into fruits or bulbs Based on the biological characters R-Pest They have high potential to increase, strange dispersal and host finding ability e.g. locust and aphids K-pest They possess low potential to increase, greater interspecific competitive capabilities, more specific in food habit bigger size. They seldom become part of the economic importance but due to human intervention climatic change they may apper as important pests. R-K pest They may possess to various mixture of characteristics of r and K pest. Nilaparvata on rice.