Symptoms of damage

• Both nymphs and adults suck sap from the plants and injection of toxic saliva
• Nymphs - are more destructive, crowd on the terminal shoots, buds and tender leaves
• Excrete honeydew- growth of sooty moulds
• Affected plant parts dry and die away
• It is transmits the "Greening" virus

Identification of pest

• Nymphs: Are flattened, oval in shape with orange colour
• Adult: Minute insect, shiny black with grey dusting on the body, wings are extending beyond the tip of the abdomen

Management

• Collect and destroy the damaged plant parts
• Spraying with systemic insecticides at flush growth periods
• Spray malathion 0.05%
• Encourage the activities natural enemies such as Syrphids and Chrysopids