Shoot borer: Clumetia transversa
| Symptoms of damage |
| Terminal shoots show tunnel from top to down wards. Stunting of seedlings with terminal bunchy appearance. |
- Terminal shoots show tunnel from top to down wards.
- Stunting of seedlings with terminal bunchy appearance.
| Identification of pest |
| Larva - Caterpillar is dark pink with dark brown prothroacic shield. Adult - Adult is greyish moth with grey wings having wavy lines. |
- Larva - Caterpillar is dark pink with dark brown prothroacic shield.
- Adult - Adult is greyish moth with grey wings having wavy lines.
| Management |
| Field sanitation Collect and destroy the infested plant parts Summer ploughing to expose the pupae |
- Field sanitation
- Collect and destroy the infested plant parts
- Summer ploughing to expose the pupae
