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

2. Anthribid fruit borer

2. Anthribid fruit borer - Araecerus fasciculatus D. (Anthribidae:Coleoptera)

Bionomics

• Both adults and grubs bore the seeds and damage them completely.
  
• Adult is a dark or grey brown beetle clothed with hairs.
  
• Grub is white, soft and legless with a distinct head and wrinkled body.