TOMATO :: MAJOR PESTS :: SERPENTINE LEAF MINER

2. SERPENTINE LEAF MINER: Liriomyza trifolii (Agromyzidae: Diptera)   - An introduced pest becoming serious in the recent years.

Damage symptoms

Maggots mines into leaves and cause serpentine mines drying and drooping of leaves.

Bionomics
Egg: 2-4 days.  Female thrusts eggs into the epidermal layer of leaves. Larva: 7-10 days. Minute orange yellowish apodous maggots. Pupa: 5-7 days.  Pupates within mines. Adult: Pale yellow in colour.

Management

1. Collect and destroy mined leaves
2. Spray NSKE 5%