Yellowing of leaves Affected leaves covered with exuviae and excreta Identification of pest: Egg: White nibble shaped eggs Nymph: yellowish white with prominent spines Adult: Dorsal side -straw coloured Ventral side -black coloured Pronotum and forewings retic

Reduction in size of leaves Shortened petioles Excessive growth of branches general stunting of plants Conversion of floral parts into leafy structures Plants become bushy Fruiting is rare Vector of little leaf of brinjal Identification of pest: Adult: Small l

Notching of leaf margins Grubs feed on roots causing wilting of plants Identification of pest: Larva Grub: Small and apodous Pupa: Pupates in soil in earthen cocoons Adult : M. maculosus: Greenish white with dark lines on elytra M. subfasciatus : Brown M. disc

Scrapping of chlorophyll Skeletonization and drying of leaves Identification of pest: Eggs: Cigar shaped, yellow in colour Grub: Yellowish bearing six rows of longitudinal spines. Pupa: Yellowish with spines on posterior part and anterior portion being devoid

Top shoots of young plants droop and wither. Older plants become stunted. Fruit bearing is affected Identification of pest: Egg : Cream, scale-like Larva: Fully grown larva is creamy white Adult: Greyish brown, forewings has transverse line and hind wings are

Shoot and fruit borer: Leucinodes orbonalis Symptoms of damage: Withering of terminal shoots/dead hearts Bore holes on shoots and fruits plugged with excreta Shedding of flower buds Withering and drying of leaves Photo Galary Withering of terminal shoots/dead