Symptoms of damage
- The coffee been beetle is a pest of coffee berries in the field and of beans in storage
- Severe infestation occurs only in storage
- Absorption of moisture content
- Infested coffee beans shows circular holes (bigger than made by the coffee berry borer)
- Attacked fruits in the field shrink and become black.
- Infestation results in loss of weight increase in triage and reduction of market value.
- Adult - Pale grey with black spots and the entire body clothed of fine hair.
- Forewings - few longitudinal lines.
- Wings do not cover the tip of the abdomen.
- Maintain optimum temperature, relative humidity and moisture content (less than 8%)
- Impregnate the gunny bags with a mixture of malathion 50 EC at 10ml + pyrethrum colloid at 2 g per litre of water.
