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

1. Leaf roller - Caloptilia acidula (Meyr.) (Gracillaridae: Lepidoptera)

Damage

• Slender greenish caterpillar rolls up apical extremity of leaves and lives within the fold.
• Folded portion is skeletonized and dried up.
Bionomics

• Larvae pupate within leaf fold and pupal period is for 8 to 10 days.
• Larva is cylindrical and yellow with thin scattered hairs.
• Adult is a small brownish moth.