Scales and mealybugs
Scales and mealybugs
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4. Scales and mealybugs
- Lepidosaphes piperis (Coccidae: Hemiptera)
- Mussel scale, Lecanium marsupiale
- Hard scales, Aspidiotus destructor
- Pinnaspis aspidistrae
- P. marchali
- Chionaspis voricosa
- Mealy bugs, Ferrisia virgata
Damage
- Scales and mealy bugs often cause considerable damage to pepper
- They such the cell sap from plants
- Badly infested vines dry up gradually.
Management
- Spraying of malathion (0.1%) or dimethoate (0.05%) in effective in controlling these coccids.
5. Gall midge, Cecidomyia malabrensis (Cecidomyiidae: Diptera)
Damage
- The eggs are laid on the spikes
- The maggots get embedded in the pulp of berries and at the attachment of berry to spike
- Full grown maggots fall to the ground and pupate in soil
- Infested berries increase in size in the beginning but appear stunted later
- Cause Swelling on tender stalks and shoots.
Minor pests
- Flea beetles, Pagria costatipennis
- Weeivil, Eugnathus curvues
- Stem borers, Pterolophia annulata (Cerambycidae: Coleoptera)
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Last modified: Saturday, 3 March 2012, 9:00 AM