PESTS OF PEARL MILLET :: Major Pests :: Grain Midge

4.  Grain midge: Geromyia penniseti  (Cecidomyiidae: Diptera)

Damage symptoms: Maggot feeds on developing grains causing grainless glumes with white pupal case attached to the tip of the spikelet.

Bionomics: Adult is a light pink fragile fly.

Management: Dust any one of the insecticides – malathion 5D 25 kg, carbaryl 10 D 25 kg, endosulfan 4 D 10 kg/ha.