The cocoa agroecosystem provides favorable conditions for numerous insect species, with more than 200 species were recorded in Malaysia. Some of the insects are economically important, particularly insects that are associated with cocoa plantation. A collection of insects was built up from 1981, throughout Malaysia via insect samplings and field observations in various landscapes, ranging from monoculture to intercropping planting systems. The sampling technique includes hand-picked, baiting techniques, sweeping for aerial and flying insects, trapping for crawling and ground surface insects as well as light traps for nocturnal insects. At current, more than 10,000 individual insects were collected. Of these, 11 orders of insect from 177 families belonging to more than 600 species were identified, deposited and conserved in the Entomology Laboratory at the Cocoa Research and Development Center Bagan Datuk (CRDC Bagan Datuk) of the Malaysian Cocoa Board (MCB). In order to disseminate.....

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