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

7. Leaf midges

7. Leaf midges - Amradiplosis amraemyia Grover., A. brunneigallicola Rao and
A.echinogalliperda Mani. (Cecidomyiidae: Diptera)

Damage

• The maggot forms different shapes and sizes of galls on leaves.





Bionomics

• The adult is tiny mosquito like fly and the maggot is yellowish in colour.
Management

• Spray diniethoate1.7ml or methyl demeton 2 ml / litre of water.