PESTS OF PEARL MILLET :: Minor Pests :: Leaf Beetle

6.  Leaf beetle: Lema downsei (Galerucidae: Coleoptera)

Damage symptoms: Grubs and adults scrape the chlorophyll.  It results in withering and drying of leaves leading to burnt up appearance.

Bionomics: Grub is whitish with a small black head and a swollen humped body and has the habit of carrying its fecal matter dorsally.  Adult is a straw coloured beetle.