Symptoms of damage
- Defoliation in early stages
- Larva’s head alone thrust inside the pods and the rest of the body hanging out.
- Pods with round holes
Identification of the pest
- Eggs – are spherical in shape and creamy white in colour, laid singly
Larva - shows colour variation from greenish to brown. Green with dark brown grey lines laterally- on the body with lateral white lines and also has dark and pale bands.
Pupa – brown in colour, occurs in soil, leaf, pod and crop debris
Adult - light pale brownish yellow stout moth. Fore wing grey to pale brown with V shaped speck.Hind wings are pale smoky white with a broad blackish outer margin. |
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Larva feeding the pod |
Damaged pod |
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