Table 1 Entomopathogenic fungi used in the study, their source and identity

Beauveria bassiana (NRCB EPF2)

Odoiporus longicollis*

10.78° N 78.58° E

MT645318

B. brongniartii (NRCB EPF27)

Basilepta subcostata*

26.72° N, 94.19°E

MT151781

B. brongniartii (NRCB EPF28)

B. subcostata*

26.72° N, 94.19°E

MT151784

B. bassiana (NRCB EPF29)

B. subcostata*

26.31°N, 94.11°E

MT151783

B. bassiana (NRCB EPF30)

B. subcostata*

26.31°N, 94.11°E

MT151786

B. bassiana (NRCB EPF32)

B. subcostata*

26.31°N, 94.11°E

MT140307

B. bassiana (NRCBEFPMP1)

Cosmopolites sordidus*

09.80° N, 77.36° E

MK899434

B. bassiana (NRCB EPF22)

B. subcostata*

25.85° N, 85.78°E

MK834817

B. bassiana (NRCB EPF8)

B. subcostata*

25.09° N 85.31° E

MT645316

B. bassiana (NRCB EPF14)

B. subcostata*

25.09° N 85.31° E

MT645319

Metarhizium anisopliae (NRCB EPF16)

**

10.78° N 78.58° E

MK834813

M. anisopliae (NRCB EPF17)

**

10.78° N 78.58° E

MN888761

M. anisopliae (NRCB EPF18)

**

10.78° N 78.58° E

MN888763

M. robertsii (NRCB EPF19)

**

10.78° N 78.58° E

MN889408

M. anisopliae (NRCB EPF6)

O.longicollis*

10.78° N 78.58° E

MN892391

M. anisopliae (NRCB EPF9)

O.longicollis*

10.84° N 78.95° E

MK834805

M. pinghaense (NRCB EPF7)

O.longicollis*

10.78° N 78.58° E

MN892389

M. robertsii (NRCB EPF10)

O.longicollis*

10.84° N 78.95° E

MN892393

M. quizhouense (NRCB EPF11)

O.longicollis*

10.84° N 78.95° E

MN892392

M. anisopliae NRCB EPF12

O.longicollis*

10.78° N 78.58° E

MN892390

M. robertsii (NRCB EPF13)

O.longicollis*

10.78° N 78.58° E

MN892394

M. robertsii (NRCB EPF23)

O.longicollis*

10.78° N 78.58° E

MN893382

M. robertsii (NRCB EPF24)

B. subcostata*

25.99° N, 85.59° E

MK836090

M. robertsii (NRCB EPF33)

B. subcostata*

26.48°N, 94.11°E

MN893380

M. quizhouense (NRCB EPF34)

B. subcostata*

26.30°N, 94.11°E

MN893383

M. anisopliae (NRCB EPF35)

B. subcostata*

26.43°N, 94.35°E

MT140304

M. anisopliae (NRCB EPF36)

B. subcostata*

26.43°N, 94.35°E

MT140308