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

3. Bag worm

3. Bag worm - Kophenae cuprea Moore. (Psychidae: Lepidoptera)

Damage

• The larva scrapes the chlorophyll and later it riddles with irregular holes on the leaves.
Bionomics

• The adult moth is brownish in colour.
  
• The larva is also brownish covered with conical bag.