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

2. Bark caterpillar-Indarbela tetraonis M. (Metarbelidae: Lepidoptera)

Damage

• The larva chews out the bark resulting zig-zag galleries and silken webbed masses comprising of chewed materials and excreta.
Bionomics

• Adult moth is pale brown with fore wings having brown spots and streaks and white hind wings. The larva is 40-45 mm long, stout and dirty brown in colour.