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| PEST OF TEA |
mAJOR pESTS |
| 1. Tea mosquito bug |
| 2. Mites |
| - Red spider mite |
| - Scarlet mite |
| - Purple mite |
| - Pink mite or orange mite |
| - Yellow mite |
| 3. Shot hole borer |
| 4. Sapling borer |
mINOR pESTS |
| 1. Flushworm |
| 2. Tea tortrix |
| 3. Tea leaf roller |
| 4. Scales |
| 5. Thrips |
| 6. Tea jassid |
| 7. Aphid |
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| Download Notes |
TEA :: MAJOR PEST :: YELLOW MITE
| Characters | Yellow mite (Polyphagotarsonemus latus) |
(Polyphagotarsonemus latus) |
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Immature stages |
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| Egg laying | Egg, larva, nymph |
| Egg period (days) | Mainly on upper surface and rarely on under surface of young leaves. |
| Nymphal period | 1 - 2 |
| Adult | 1 - 2 |
| Symptoms of damage on leaves | Ovate, pale yellow, male is shorter than female with tapering abdomen |
