TNAU Agritech Portal :: Crop Protection


	Crop: Castor
	Scientific name: Ricinus communis
	Family: Euphorbiaceae

	Serpentine leaf miner: Liriomyza trifolii		Red hairy caterpillar: Amsacta albistriga, A. mooreii
	Castor Semilooper: Achaea janata, Paralellia algira		Tobacco caterpillar: Spodoptera litura
	Castor Slug: Parasa lepida		Bihar Hairy Caterpillar: Spilosoma oblique
	Tussock caterpillar: Orgyia (= Notolophus ) postica		Capsule Borer: Conogethes (= Dichocrosis) punctiferalis
	Hairy caterpillars: Euproctis fraterna, Porthesia scintillans		Jassids: Empoasca flavescens
	Woolly bear: Pericallia ricini		White flies: Trialeurodes ricini
	Castor spiny caterpillar: Ergolis merione		Thrips: Retithrips siriacus, Scirtothrips dorsalis