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

3. Coffee bean beetle

3. Coffee bean beetle Araecerus fasciculatus D. (Anthribidae : Coleoptera )

Damage

• The grub bores in to the ripening berries.
• The infested berries have small holes on them and become blackened and shrunk.
• The berries in store are more seriously attacked than those in field.
Bionomics

• Adult is pale grey, elongate, oval and slightly flattened tapering anteriorly entire body clothed with hairs.
• Grub is white, soft and apodous.