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

2. Bark borer

2. Bark borer - lndarbela tetroanis Moore. (Metarbelidae: Lepidoptera)

Damage

• The larva nibble the trunk or main stem and bore into the same making a short tunnel downwards.
• The excreta and fine chewed wooden particles are thrown out over the holes on trunk and main branches in web masses