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

1. Lace wing bug - Stephanitis typicus Dist. (Tingidae: Hemiptera)

Damage

• Both nymphs and adults suck the sap from the under surface leaves causing white spots on the upper surface of leaves.
Bionomics

• The adult is white coloured with netted venation on the wings.
  
• The female lays on an average of 30 eggs, which hatch in 12 days.
  
• The nymphal period is 13 days.
  
• The nymphs are gregarious in nature.