Insect Pests of Fruit, Plantation, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops (2+1)

8. Flower gall midge

8. Flower gall midge-Erosomyia indica Felt. (Cecidomyiidae: Diptera )

Damage

• The maggot infests the flower buds, inflorescence stalk and developing fruits.
• The inflorescence becomes stunted and malformed.
• The infested bud does not open.
Bionomics

• The adult is yellowish in colour.
• It lays the eggs on inflorescence peduncle or at the base of developing fruit.
• The maggot is yellowish and it pupates in the soil.