Symptoms of damage
| Spiny pod borer: Etiella zinckenella | ||||
| Symptoms of damage Dropping of flowers and young pods Older pods marked with a brown spot where a larvae has entered Identification of the pest Larval – greenish initially, turns pink before pupation. It has 5 black spots on the prothorax Adult Brownish grey moth Prothorax – orange in colour Fore wing - has a white stripe along the anterior margin | ||||
- Dropping of flowers and young pods
- Older pods marked with a brown spot where a larvae has entered
- Larval – greenish initially, turns pink before pupation.
- It has 5 black spots on the prothorax
Adult
- Brownish grey moth
- Prothorax – orange in colour
- Fore wing - has a white stripe along the anterior margin