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

6. Grey weevil - Myllocerus spp (Curculionidae: Coleoptera)

Damage

• Adult weevil cause notching of leaf margins. Grub feeds on roots resulting wilting of plants.
Bionomics

• M.Subfasciatus – Brownish weevil;
  
• M.discolor – Brown with white spot on elytra;
  
• M.viridanus – Small light green weevil.
Management

• • Collect & destruct the adult weevils
• • Apply carbofuran 3 G at 15 kg/hectare at 15 days after planting.