How the occurrence of Endemic pest is defined?

🔑Key Points:
A pest is any animal or plants harmful to humans or human concerns.
The term is particularly used for creatures that damage crops, livestock, and forestry or cause a nuisance to people, especially in their homes
Some examples of pests are mosquitoes, rodents, and weeds.
Not all insects are pests.
Many different kinds of insects eat other insects and are beneficial species.

• Categories of Pests:
Regular pests: Occurring more frequently on a crop having close association with the crop. (eg) Brinjal shoot and fruit borer.
Occasional pests: Occurring infrequently with no close association with a particular crop (eg) Snake gourd semi looper.
Seasonal pests: Occurring during a particular part of the year. (eg) Red Hairy Caterpillar (RHC) in groundnut.
Persistent pests: Occurring on a crop almost throughout the year (eg) thrips on chillies.
Sporadic pests: Occurring in a few isolated localities (eg) coconut slug caterpillar.
Epidemic pests: Occurring in a severe form in a region or locality at a particular season (eg) RHC in groundnut in Bhavan Taluk.
Endemic pests: Occurring regularly in the same area year after year and confined to a particular area or locality (eg) rice gall midge