Insect Pests of Fruits, Plantation, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops

4.Hairy caterpillar

4.Hairy caterpillar Eurproctis fraterna M. Porthesia scintillans Wlk.
(Lymantridae: Lepidoptera)

Damage

• The caterpillar webs the inflorescence and feed on them causing shedding of flower buds and flowers.
Bionomics

• The adult moth of E. fraterna is yellowish with pale transverse lines on the fore wings.
• The larva is reddish brown with reddish head surrounded by white hairs and long tufts of hair all over the body and a long preanal tuft.
• The adult of P. scintillans is yellowish with spots on the edges offore wings.
• The larva is yellow colored with brown head, a yellow stripe with a central red line on the body and tufts of black hairs dorsally on the first three abdominal segments.