author(s)
Naziya P Pathan, RS Jaiman, AU Amin and BG Prajapati

abstract
Study was conducted on aonla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn.) during 2018 at College of Horticultural Farm, Jagudan, Gujarat. Infestation of Perisopneumon ferox new stead was recorded on aonla (E. officinalis). Damage is mostly caused by sap depletion, the shoots dry up and defoliation. They have black limbs and red –brown body that is coated with slight white wax. The legs and antennae are black. The present study is the first report of P. ferox on aonla from Gujarat, India.