Pea (Pisum sativumL.), an economically very important multi-purpose grain legume, is primarily grown for food and feed
throughout the world . It is one of the main
sources of dietary protein for millions of households . Like other legumes, it has the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen through symbiotic relationship with specific soil bacteria, which makes pea production an important component of the cropping system in order to manage soil ferility .The production and storage of pea and other grain legumes is
constrained by diverse groups of insect pests. Some of the pests affect the growing plants in the field and then contribute to reduced productivity (e.g., pea aphid A cyr thosiphon pisum, pea moth Cydia
nigricana, pea leaf weevil Sitona lineatus, etc.) while other insect
pests affect the grain during storage and reduce the finally