- >Caterpillars bore and feed on the inflorescence, flower buds, flowers and capsules.
- >Affected capsules become empty with a big circular hole, turn yellowish – brown which decay and drop off in the rainy season.
Capsule borers: Jamides sp
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
- > Eggs: Spherical, greenish white lay on the panicled flower.
- >Larva: Flat, trowel shaped covered with dense hairs covering all over the body.
- > Pupa: Small and brownish in colour and pupates in the debris near the panicle.
- > Adult: The wings of moth are bluish with metallic lusture on the upper surface and bordered with a white thin line and black shade