Tea Mites 
Red spider mite: Oligonychus coffeae  

Symptoms of damage

• Infest the upper surface of mature leaves.
• Infestation starts along midrib and veins and spreads to the entire upper surface of leaves.
• Affected leaves - bronzed, dry and crumpled.

Identification of the pest 

• Eggs are reddish in colour and spherical in shape
•  Adult - female is elliptical in shape bright crimson anteriorly and dark puplish brown posteriorly.

Management

• Spray any one of the following Insecticides
• Azadirachtin 5 W/W 200 ml/ha
• Bifenthrin 8 SC 500 ml/ha
• Dicofol 18.5 EC 1250 ml/ha
• Ethion 50 EC 500 ml/ha
• Etoxazole 10 SC 400 ml/ha
• Fenazaquin 10 EC 1000 ml/ha
• Fenpyroximate 5 EC 300 - 600 ml/ha
• Propargite 57 EC 750 – 1250 ml/ha
• Spiromesifen 22.9 SC 400 ml/ha