Insects occupy more than 70% of entire animal kingdom and are the most successful group of organism living on earth. They are usually divided into three groups ., harmless, injurious and beneficial. A group of injurious insects referred as pests, annually destroy between 6-30% of agricultural harvest in developing countries. These losses become even more significant for stored cereal products than pre-harvest losses, because post-harvest costs are much higher than the cost of production. | Ecdysone receptor present in insects is a novel target for insecticide
