Department of Zoology and Environmental Management

Prof. G.A.S.M GanehiarachchiProfessor mangala@kln.ac.lk

Department of Zoology and Environmental Management
Faculty of Science
University of Kelaniya
Kelaniya 11600
Sri Lanka
Telephone: + 94 11 2914479, + 94 11 2903403
Mobile: +94 718483171
Residence: +94 2974513
Fax: + 94 11 2914479
E- mail: mangala@kln.ac.lk

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Qualifications

B.Sc (Zoology) Special - University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka 1991
M.Phil (Entomology) - University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka 1998
Ph.D. (Entomology) - North Dakota State University, USA

Research Interests

Selected Publications

Ganehiarachchi G.A.S.M. and Fernando I.V.S. (2007). Partial age specific life table of Sugarcane planthopper Pyrilla perpusilla Walker (Homoptera: Lophopidae).Journal of Entomology 32 (2) 89-97.

Ganehiarachchi G.A.S.M. and Marion. O. Harris (2007). Oviposition behavior of orange wheat blossom midge on low – versus high ranked grass heads. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 123: 287-297.

Ganehiarachchi G.A.S.M. and Marion. O. Harris (2008). Ovipositing females of a short-lived gall midge take time to assess grass seed heads. Physiological Entomology. 34, 119-128

Knodel Janet J., Ganehiarachchi G.A.S.M., Beauzay Patric B., Chirumamilla Anitha and Charlet L.D. (2011). Impact of Planting Dates on a seed Maggot, Neotephritis finalis (Diptera: Tephritidae), and Sunflower Bud Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Damage in cultivated sunflower. Journal of Economic Entomology 104 (4):1236-1244

Nanayakkara R.P., Kirk, P.J Dayananda S.J, Ganehiarachchi G.A.S.M., Vishvanath N., Kusuminda T. (2012). A new species of tiger spider, genus Poecilotheria, from northern Sri Lanka. British Terantula Society 28 (1) 6-15

Nanayakkara R.P., Vishvanath N., Kusuminda T. and Ganehiarachchi G.A.S.M. (2013). The Range Extension of the Critically Endangered, Poecilotheria smithi in Sri Lanka, with Notes on its Sociality. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology 2 (1) 73–75

Ganehiarachchi G.A.SM, Anderson, K.M.,Harmon J and Harris M.O (2013). Why Oviposit There? Fitness Consequences of a Gall Midge Choosing the Plant’s Youngest Leaf. Environmental Entomology 42(1):123-130.

Nanayakkara R.P., Ganehiarachchi G.A.S.M., Vishvanath N., Kusuminda T. G.T (2015). Discovery of the Critically Endangered Tarantula Species of the Genus Poecilotheria, (Araneae: Theraphosidae), Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica, from Sri Lanka. Journal of Asia – Pacific Biodiversity 8 1-6.

Extension Publications at NDSU Fargo (peer reviewed)

Patrick B. Beauzay, Knodel, Janet and Ganehiarachchi, G.A.S.M (2013). Integrated Pest management of Alfalfa Weevil in North Dakota. NDSU Ext. Serv. E 1676

Knodel, Janet, Patrick B. Beauzay and Ganehiarachchi, G.A.S.M (2011). Taking the Bite Out of Bed Bugs. NDSU Ext. Serv. E 1538

Knodel, Janet and Ganehiarachchi, G.A.S.M (2008). Integrated Pest Management of the orange wheat blossom midge in North Dakota. NDSU Ext. Serv.

Knodel, Janet and Ganehiarachchi, G.A.S.M (2008). Diamondback moth. Biology and Integrated Pest Management in Canola. NDSU Ext. Serv. E-1346

Knodel, Janet and Ganehiarachchi, G.A.S.M (2008). Bertha Armyworm. Biology and Integrated Pest Management in Wheat. NDSU Ext. Serv. E-1347

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