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  1. Butterfly Communities of Bangalore University Campus, Bengaluru, India: Host/Nectar Plant Interactions and Environmental Influences

    Article • Proceedings of the Zoological Society, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  2. Water and Soil Quality of Coffee Plantations in the Western Ghats Region, Chikkamagaluru District, Karnataka, India

    Article • Current World Environment, December 2020, Enviro Research Publishers

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  3. Insect Pest complex of jackfruit in South India

    Article • International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  4. First report of a hymenopteran parasitoid complex on jackfruit shoot and fruit borer Diaphania caesalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from India

    Article • Biocontrol Science and Technology, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  5. Biology and seasonal incidence of the jack shoot and fruit borer, Diaphania caesalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

    Article • International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  6. Effect of gamma radiation as a post-harvest disinfestation treatment against life stages of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

    Article • International Journal of Radiation Biology, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  7. Impact of threats on avifaunal communities in diversely urbanized landscapes of the Bengaluru city, south India

    Article • Zoology and Ecology, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  8. Additions to the Birds of Bangalore University Campus (BUC), India

    Article • Proceedings of the Zoological Society, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  9. Impact of Urban Threats and Disturbance on the Survival of Waterbird Communities in Wetlands of Bengaluru City, India

    Article • Proceedings of the Zoological Society, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  10. Population dynamics ofSpalgis epius(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), a candidate biocontrol agent of mealybugs and its interaction with mealybug-attendant ants

    Article • Biocontrol Science and Technology, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  11. Mass rearing ofSpalgis epius(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), a candidate biocontrol agent of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

    Article • January 2016, Entomological Society of America

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  12. Predatory behaviour of a butterfly and a beetle on plant pest mealybugs

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, September 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  13. Seasonal abundance and activity pattern of commonly occurring household ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Article • Zoology and Ecology, September 2013, Nature Research Centre -NRC

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  14. Attraction of Household Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) to Various Food Sources in Different Seasons

    Article • February 2013, Science Alert

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  15. The coffee white stemborer Xylotrechus quadripes (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae): bioecology, status and management

    Article • International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, December 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  16. A quantified ethogram for oviposition behavior and oviposition preference in the hemipterophagous butterfly Spalgis epius (Westwood) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

    Article • Journal of Ethology, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  17. Effect of temperature on the life history and demographic parameters ofSpalgis epius(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), a candidate biological control agent of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

    Article • Biocontrol Science and Technology, November 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  18. Analysis of the Territorial, Courtship and Coupling Behavior of the Hemipterophagous Butterfly, Spalgis epius (Westwood) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

    Article • Journal of Insect Behavior, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  19. Mass rearing ofSpalgis epius(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), a potential predator of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

    Article • Biocontrol Science and Technology, August 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  20. Predation of the apefly,Spalgis epius(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) on citrus mealybug,Planococcus citri(Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

    Article • Biocontrol Science and Technology, May 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  21. The Apefly is a potential predator of mealybugs

    Article • Phytoparasitica, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha

  22. Identification of Components of Male-Produced Pheromone of Coffee White Stemborer, Xylotrechus quadripes

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha