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

4. Ash weevil

4. Ash weevil - Myllocerus viridanus Fab. (Curculionidae: Coleoptera)

• Adult causes irregular notching of leaf margins.
  
• Adult is small and light green in colour.
  
• Eggs are laid in soil and grubs feed on roots, causing wilting and drying of plants.