Brinjal Gourd Insects A
Lecture To ToT trainees ( FFS) By
Mr. Allah Dad Khan Provincial Coordinator
IPM KPK MINFAL Pakistan
Crop: BrinjalScientific name: Solanum melongenaFamily: Solanaceae
Stem borer: Euzophera perticella :
Top shoots of young plants droop and wither.
Older plants become stunted.
Fruit bearing is affected
Symptoms of damage
Stem Borer
Egg: Cream, scale-like
Larva: Fully grown larva is creamy white
Adult: Greyish brown, forewings has transverse line and hind wings are white in colour
Identification of pest:
Bud worm: Scrobipalpa blapsigona
of damage: Shriveling and
shedding of flower buds
Symptoms
Bud Worm
Larvae - pale whitish with pink tinge
Adult - small with fringed wings.
Identification of pest:
Hadda / spotted beetle: H.vigintioito punctata
of damage: Scrapping of
chlorophyll Skeletonization
and drying of leaves
Symptoms
Identification of pest:
Eggs: Cigar shaped, yellow in colour
Grub: Yellowish bearing six rows of longitudinal spines.
Pupa: Yellowish with spines on posterior part and anterior portion being devoid of spines.
Adult: 14 spots on each elytra, deep red
Identification Adult
Ash weevils: Myllocerus subfasciatus, M. discolor, M. viridanus
of damage: Notching of leaf
margins Grubs feed on
roots causing wilting of plants
Symptoms
Identification of pest:
Larva Grub: Small and apodous
Pupa: Pupates in soil in earthen cocoons
Adult: M. maculosus: Greenish
white with dark lines on elytra M. subfasciatus: Brown M. discolor: Brown and white
spots M. viridanus: Small light
green weevil
Lace wing bug: Urentius hystricellus
of damage: Yellowing of
leaves Affected leaves
covered with exuviae and excreta
Symptoms
Pest Identification
Egg: White nibble shaped eggs
Nymph: yellowish white with prominent spines
Adult: Dorsal side -straw coloured
Ventral side -black coloured
Pronotum and forewings reticulated
Identification of pest: