Blue butterfly: Lampides boeticus
Symptoms of damage
- Buds, flowers and young pods with boreholes
- The presence of slug-like Caterpillar.
- Honeydew secretion with black ant movements
Identification of the pest
- Larva – It is flat and slightly rounded; Pale green with a rough skin.
- Adult – moth is greyish blue with prominent black spots in the hind wings and a long tail; Ventral side of wings with numerous stripes and brown spots
Management
- Avoid dense and close planting
- Avoid early or late sowing
- Regular soil digging cause death of larvae and pupae
- Egg parasitoid, Trichogramma spp.,
- Larval parasitoids, Hyperencyrtus lucoenephila and Litrodromus crassipes
- Carbaryl 50 WP@ 1000 kg / ha
Source-
- TNAU Agritech Portal
