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The female Kawakawa looper moth will lay her eggs on the leaves or stems of their favoured host plant usually the kawakawa plant. The female will lay her eggs in clusters of 3–12 and the appearance of the eggs are pale green and cylinder like in shape.
The following list provides the 704 species of common trees and shrubs of flora of Sri Lanka under 95 families. The list is according to A Field Guide to the Common Trees and Shrubs of Sri Lanka, by Mark Ashton, Savitri Gunatilleke, Neela de Zoysa, M.D. Dassanayake, Nimal Gunatilleke and Siril Wijesundera. [1]
2024 disasters in Sri Lanka (6 P) P. 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election (1 C, 3 P) 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election (1 C, 1 P) S. 2024 in Sri Lankan sport (1 ...
It is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka and accounts for 2% of GDP, generating roughly $700 million annually to the economy of Sri Lanka. It employs, directly or indirectly over 1 million people, and in 1995 directly employed 215,338 on tea plantations and estates. Sri Lanka is the world's fourth largest producer of tea.
The Election Commission, through a Gazette notification (Gazette Extraordinary – No. 2397/66 on 16 August 2024), set an expenditure cap of Rs. 109 per voter for the 2024 presidential election. As a result, each candidate is now permitted to spend a maximum of Rs. 1.8 billion (Rs. 1,868,298,586). [ 119 ]
Kenda leaves are commonly used for flavoring in Sri Lanka. Halapa dough is often flattened on a kenda leaf to soak in the flavor. [4] Kenda leaves are used to wrap jaggery and other sweetmeats. [5] Today the major use of Macranga peltata is for making wooden pencils and in the plywood industry. Kollam produces 75 to 100 truck loads of pencil slats.
Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. It is situated in the middle of Indian Ocean. Because of being an island, Sri Lanka has many endemic freshwater fauna, as well as thousands of marine and brackish water fauna. [1] Fishing is the way of life of most of coastal community.
LMD 100 is an annual list of public companies in Sri Lanka by revenue compiled by the business magazine LMD. [11] Dankotuwa Porcelain was ranked among the 100 most valuable brands in Sri Lanka by Brand Finance in 2018. Brand Finance estimated the brand value of Dankotuwa Porcelain to be LKR153 million. [12]