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Kishore Chandra Sahoo
Scientist (Agricultural Entomology)
School of Crop Science
M.Sc. (Ag)
About: Kishore Chandra Sahoo
Insect Taxonomy (Lepidoptera)
Academic Qualifications
- B.Sc. (Ag)
- M.Sc. (Ag.)
Contact Information
Email Address :- kishore.sahoo@icar.org.in
ORCID ID / Google Scholar profile link:-
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3749-756X
Date of joining ICAR-IARI Assam
21-07-2023
Number of publications
10
Major research contributions / notable work
1. Three species of tortricid moths of the subfamily Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), viz., Acanthoclita acrocroca Diakonoff, 1982, Age onychistica Diakonoff, 1982 and Bactra coronata Diakonoff, 1950, were recorded for the first time from India. The species, Acroclita cheradota Meyrick, 1912 is transferred from Acroclita Lederer, 1859 to Ancylophyes Diakonoff, 1988 as Ancylophyes cheradota (Meyrick, 1912) comb. nov.
2. Catalogue of Indian Stathmopodidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): The first comprehensive catalogue of Indian Stathmopodidae documenting 53 species belonging to 10 genera and 3 subfamilies, providing detailed information on their type localities, type depositories, geographic distribution, host spectrum analysis, and references to available illustrations.
3. New Species and new country records of Scarab beetles from North East India: Two new species of Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) were described from Northeast India: Cyphochilus kukriana Sreedevi, Sahoo & Sabatinelli, 2025, from Arunachal Pradesh and Cyphochilus pentaphysia Sreedevi, Sahoo & Sabatinelli, 2025, from Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura. Cyphochilus tenzingyatsoi, a species earlier known only from Tibet, reported for the first time in India (Arunachal Pradesh).
4. New records of two genera of the subfamily Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) previously unknown from India: Toonavora Horak, 2006 and Argyroptocha Diakonoff, 1968.
5. Taxonomic revision of the genus Ophiorrhabda Diakonoff, 1966 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with detailed redescriptions of four Indian species: O. cellifera (Meyrick, 1912), O. mormopa (Meyrick, 1906), O. harmonica (Meyrick, 1905) and O. philocompsa (Meyrick, 1921). Two species, O. harmonica and O. philocompsa represent new records for the Indian fauna.
Awards / recognitions
• Best Oral Presentation Award, received during the National Symposium on Technological Advancements: Emerging Trends in Entomology (ESI-ETE-2025), held at SKUAST, Srinagar, Kashmir, during 8–9 October, 2025.
• Best Young Scientist Award 2024-25, received on the occasion of 9th Foundation Day of ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Dirpai Chapori, Gogamukh, Dhemaji-787035, Assam, on 26th May 2025.
• Best oral presentation award presented to P. R. Shashank, Santhosh Naik, Karthik M. Reddy, V. S. Ashiq Poon and Kishore Chandra Sahoo, for the paper entitled “Exploring the Taxonomy of Indian Tortricidae: Past, Present and Future” at the Second International Conference on Biological Control: Biocontrol contributions to one health, organized by Society for Biocontrol Advancement and ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, during 25-28 February 2025 in Bengaluru, India.
• Best oral presentation award at the National Conference on "Hill Agro-Ecosystem: Challenges and Opportunities for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals" organized by ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Nagaland Centre, Medziphema, Nagaland in collaboration with Indian Association of Hill Farming (IAHF) during 29-30 November 2024 at ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Nagaland Centre, Medziphema, Nagaland.
• Associate editor for "Indian Entomologist" a biannual online magazine [ISSN NO. 2582-5828 (Online)] published by the Entomological Society of India.
• Insect Environmentalist Award on Best Insect Photography (Student Category) for the year 2022 by Insect Environment, Rashvee-International Phytosanitary Research and Services, AVIAN trust and Federal Bank.
• Served as a Student Associate Editor (from January, 2022 to October, 2023) of the online Magazine "Indian Entomologist" brought by the Entomological Society of India.
• Best Oral Presentation during the Webinar on “Entomology 2020: Beyond COVID-19” held during 11th-12th December, 2020, Hyderabad.
• ICAR-Junior/Senior Research Fellowship (erstwhile SRF) 2020.
• ICAR-PG Scholarship (erstwhile JRF) 2018.