Species: | |
Leucinodes orbonalis (Guenne, 1854) | |
Common name: | |
Brinjal fruit and shoot borer | |
Damaging stage: | |
Larvae | |
Crops Affected: | |
Eggplant | |
Characteristic Damage: | |
Attacks flowers, flowers buds, young shoot tips, stems and fruits. | |
Larval feeding causes wilting of shoots and fruit rotting. | |
Interested fruits have small holes surrounded with brownish areas on fruit surface. | |
Affected plants are weakened reducing the quality and quantity of the fruits produced. | |
Management and Control: | |
Monitor the area regularly. | |
Remove damaged and infested shoots and fruits and dispose properly. | |
Use of attractant or pheromone lure to suppress male population. | |
Cultivate the soil by plowing and harrowing and use plastic mulch to minimize pupation in the soil. | |
Apply insecticides like diafenthiuron, cartap hydrochloride, acephate, spinosad, when necessary. | |
References: | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucinodes_orbonalis | |
http://www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank/Datasheet.aspx?dsid=30498 | |
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