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

1. Brown looper

1. Brown looper - Hyposidra talaca Walk. (Geometridae: Lepidoptera)

Damage

• It is a looper caterpillar causing extensive defoliation.
Bionomics

• Adult moth is pink in colour.
  
• The eggs are laid in the leaves.
  
• Fecundity is about 250 eggs / female. EP: 4 days and LP: 19-24 days.
  
• The full grown larva is brown with orange coloured dots laterally.
  
• It pupates in fallen leaves.
  
• The life cycle is completed in 30-35 days.