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

4. Pink mite or orange mite

4. Pink mite or orange mite - Acaphytta theae Keifer. (Eriophyidae: Acarina)

Damage

• It infests the both sides of leaves, petioles and tender stems.
  
• The affected leaf becomes discoloured and leathery, the veins showing a pink discoloration the bushes in general present a sickly appearance.
Management

• Spray methyl demeton 25 EC @ 1250 ml or dimethoate 30 EC @ 1500ml. / hectare.