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

4. Semilooper

4. Semilooper - Achaea janata Linn. (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera)

Damage


• The semilooper caterpillar feeds on leaves while the adult moth pierces the fruits with its proboscis for feeding causing injury on the surface of fruits.