Symptoms of damage:

• Wilting of tender shoots during hot weather
• Stunting and distortion of the foliage and stems
• They excrete honeydew on which sooty molds flow forming a black coating
• Act as vector for peanut stripe virus and groundnut rosette virus complex

Identification of the pest:

• Nymphs and Adult: Reddish to dark brown coloured with cornicles in the abdomen

Management:

• Apply anyone of the following insecticides
  • Chlorpyrifos 20%EC 1000 ml/ha
• Imidacloprid 17.8% SL 100-125 ml/ha
• Methyl demeton 25% EC 1000 ml/ha