5. Loopers

5. Loopers Thalassodes quadraria Guen. (Geometridae : Lepidoptera)

    Damage
    • The larvae web together the inflorescence and tunnel into the flower stalk.
    Bionomics
    • The adult moth is greenish in colour.
    • The larva possessing the colour of new shoot and assuming a typical pose on•twing in often mistaken for a leaf petiole.

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