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

1. Slug caterpillar

1. Slug caterpillar - Parasa lepida Cramer (Cochildiidae: Lepidoptera)

Damage

• Caterpillars feed on leaves and cause complete defoliation in the case of severe infestation.
  
Bionomics

• Adult is a medium sized moth having green wings with prominent dark patch at the base of each fore wing.
  
• Larva is greenish body with white lines and four rows of urticating spiny scoli tipped red or black.
  
• Ventrally it is flat and moves like a slug.
  
Management

• Hand pick damaged leaves along with larvae and destroy them.
  
• Collect and destroy the adults using light traps.
  
• Spray dimethoate 0.03 % /l.