Mash Crop Insects A Presentation To IPM Course/FFS Participants

ByMr. Allah Dad Khan

Provincial Coordinator IPM KPK For MINFAL Pakistan

Mustard Crop Insects A Presentation To IPM Course/FFS Participants

ByMr. Allah Dad Khan

Provincial Coordinator IPM KPK For MINFAL Pakistan

Crop: Black and Green GramScientific name: Vigna mungo, Vigna radiataFamily: Fabaceae

Gram pod borer: Helicoverpa armigera

SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE Defoliation in early

stages Larva’s head alone

thrust inside the pods and the rest of the body hanging out.

Pods with round holes

Gram pod borer: Helicoverpa armigera

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST Eggs – are spherical in shape and

creamy white in colour, laid singly

Larva - shows colour variation from greenish to brown. Green with dark brown grey lines laterally on the body with lateral white lines and also has dark and pale bands.

Pupa – brown in colour, occurs in soil, leaf, pod and crop debris

Adult - light pale brownish yellow stout moth. Fore wing grey to pale brown with V shaped speck.Hind wings are pale smoky white with a broad blackish outer margin. 

Spotted pod borer: Maruca testulalis

SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE 

Defoliation in early stages

Larva’s head alone thrust inside the pods and the rest of the body hanging out.

Pods with round holes

Gram pod borer: Helicoverpa armigera

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PESTLARVA - Greenish white with

brown head. It has two pairs of dark spots on the back of each segment

Adult - Forewings- light brown colour with white markings; Hindwings – white colour with brown markings at the lateral edge

Spiny pod borer: Etiella zinckenella

SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE  

Dropping of flowers and young pods

Older pods marked with a brown spot where a larvae has entered

Spiny pod borer: Etiella zinckenella

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST LARVAL – greenish initially,

turns pink before pupation.

It has 5 black spots on the prothorax

Blue butterfly: Lampides boeticus

SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE 

Buds, flowers and young pods with boreholes

Presence of slug like caterpillar.

Honey dew secretion with black ant movements

Blue butterfly: Lampides boeticus

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST

Larva – It is flat and slightly rounded; Pale green with a rough skin.

Adult - moth is greyish blue with prominent black spots in the hind wings and a long tail; Ventral side of wings with numerous stripes and brown spots

 

Grass blue butterfly: Euchrysops cnejus

SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE

Buds, flowers and young pods with boreholes and presence of slug like caterpillar.

Larval entry hole on the pod is plugged with excreta

Grass blue butterfly: Euchrysops cnejus

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST Larva - pale green or

yellow with a red line and short black hairs on the body.

Adult - butterfly is blue, medium sized with 5 black spots in the hind wings and two black spots in the inner margin.

 

Bean Aphids: Aphis craccivora 

SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE     Leaves, inflorescence

stalk and young pods  covered with dark coloured aphids

Honey dew secretion with black ant movements

Bean Aphids: Aphis craccivora

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST

Nymphs and Adult – dark coloured with cornicles in the abdomen

Leaf hopper: Empoasca kerri

SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE

Leave mottled and yellowish in colour

Green colour insects found under surface of leaves

Leaf hopper: Empoasca kerri

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST

Adult – elongate, active, wedge shape, green insects

Pod bugs:  Riptortus pedestris

SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE

Pods with black spots Shedding of green

pods Poorly filled pods with

shriveled grains inside

Pod bugs:  Riptortus pedestris

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST

Riptortus pedestris Brownish black and

hemispherical  Nymphs – resemble

dark brown ants

Lab lab bug or Stink bug: Coptosoma cribraria

SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE

Cluster on the  plant  parts and suck the sap

Lab lab bug or Stink bug: Coptosoma cribraria

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST Nymphs and Adult

- sub globular, oval and greenish shield bug.

It has a characteristic buggy odour

Lab lab bug or Stink bug: Coptosoma cribraria

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST Nymphs and Adult

- sub globular, oval and greenish shield bug.

It has a characteristic buggy odour

Whitefly: Bemisia tabaci

SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE

Pods with black spots Shedding of green

pods Poorly filled pods with

shriveled grains inside

Whitefly: Bemisia tabaci

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST

Riptortus pedestris Brownish black and

hemispherical  Nymphs – resemble

dark brown ants

Whitefly: Bemisia tabaci

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST

Riptortus pedestris Brownish black and

hemispherical  Nymphs – resemble

dark brown ants

Blister beetle: Mylabris phalerata

SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE

The adult feeds voraciously on buds and flowers.

Blister beetle: Mylabris phalerata

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST Eggs - are light

yellowish in colour and cylindrical in shape.

Larvae - Young grubs are white in colour.

Adult – Elytra are black in colour with a round orange spot and two transverse wavy   orange bands across the wings.

Blister beetle: Mylabris phalerata

SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE

The adult feeds voraciously on buds and flowers.