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

3. Purple mite

3. Purple mite - Calacarus carinatus Green. (Eriophyidae: Acarina)

Damage

• The mite infests both sides of the leaves causing coppery brown or smoky discoloration of the leaves.
Bionomics

• The mite has a spindle shaped purple body with 5 longitudinal white waxy ridges dorsally.
  
• The life cycle is completed in 7-15 days.