author(s)
CS Barad, PS Patel and SG Joshi

abstract
The Experiment was conducted during month of August and September, 2018-19 at different villages of Sabarkantha district, Gujarat on the pests of Indian bean (Lablab purpureus). Among the different pests observed, a new insect Sternuchopis collaris (Pascoe) was found on Indian bean. Damage is caused by grubs of Sternuchopis collaris. It was bored into the stem resulting in the formation of a gall. Young plants were girdled by the adult so the upper portion of the plant was wilted and dried. Sternuchopis collaris body medium sized, pronotum brown head, snout, antennae, legs and elytra black. Head was small produced in to cylindrical rostrum narrow at base and broader at the tip. The present study was first report of Sternuchopis collaris on Indian bean from sabarkantha, Gujarat, India.