Minor Pests

12.

Leaf Caterpillar

Euthalia garuda

Nymphalidae

Lepidoptera

Larvae feeds on tender leaves causing defoliation. Larva is smooth with pink spots on the body. Pupation takes place in soil and adult moth is dark brown with lower half of the hind wings white.

13.

Leaf Miner

Acrocercops syngramma

Gracillariidae

Lepidoptera

Infests tender leaves and produces blister like patches. Adult moth is silvery grey moth with fringes of hairs on the wing margin. The larva is reddish brown in colour.

14.

Leaf Twisting Weevil

Apoderus transquebarius

Curculionidae

Coleoptera

It is active from May to October. Grub cuts across a leaf from margin to midrib near base. Leaf is then folded longitudinally from tip downwards and a compact thimble-shaped structure is formed. Roll gradually starts drying and ultimately fall down along with pupa. Adults are reddish-brown weevil with head drawn anteriorly into a long snout and posteriorly into neck. Adults come out by making a small hole in dried, rolled mass of leaf. Eggs are oval in shape and yellow in colour.  Grubs are apodous and pale-yellow in colour, while pupae are bright yellow.

15.

Red Ant

Oecophylla smaragdina

Formicidae

Hymenoptera

16.

Eriophyid Mite

Aceria mangiferae

Eriophyidae

Acarina

Distributed in India, Pakistan and USA and associated with malformation disease of mango. Mite sucks the sap from internal and auxiliary buds resulting in the stoppage of growth and development of close lateral buds, resulting in the buds becoming crowded and malformed and necrosis of tender tissues.