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

1. Bagworm

1. Bagworm - Clania cramari Westw. (Psychidae: Lepidoptera)

Damage

• The caterpillar scrapes the tissues of leaves causing circular holes on the leaf surface.
  
• It causes severe defoliation.
Bionomics

• The female moth is apterous, maggot like and the male moth is winged.
  
• The eggs are laid within the pupal case.
  
• The larva constructs its case and remaining within it feed on the leaves.
  
• It becomes full-grown in about five weeks.