International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Biological Sciences 2278 - 3202 6 10 2017 10 10 DNA barcoding for identification of Conocephalus dorsalis (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Northern Kerala using Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I Gene 8 10 EN Zaw Ko Latt 1 Biotechnology Research Department, Ministry of Education, Myanmar Win Zaw Oo 2 Biotechnology Research Department, Ministry of Education, Myanmar SanSan Yu 3 Biotechnology Research Department, Ministry of Education, Myanmar Ei Phyu Kyaw 4 Biotechnology Research Department, Ministry of Education, Myanmar Tin Mar Lynn 5 Biotechnology Research Department, Ministry of Education, Myanmar Muhammedali V.C. 1 Department of Biotechnology, SAS SNDP Yogam College Konni, Pathanamthitta, Kerala 689 691, India Akhilesh V.P. 2 Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala 673 635, India Sebastian C.D. 3 Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala 673 635, India > Short Communication 2017 8 8 2017 10 10 Grasshoppers are widely distributed in all ecosystems. Tettigoniidae is a family of grasshoppers including katydids or bush crickets in the order Orthoptera. Approximately 6,400 species of Tettigoniids are found around the world. Conocephalus dorsalis, Tettigoniidae family, was collected from rice fields of Northern Kerala. It is an omnivorous insect that feeds grasses, seeds and small insects including pests. They are predators on rice field, controlling pest populations. The present study deals with species identification and revealed phylogenetic history of C. dorsalis using cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene encoded as mitochondria. The COI gene of C. dorsalis, 589bp are sequenced and obtained was deposited in the NCBI GenBank. Copyright@ International Science Community Association