Pest Management
PEST MANAGEMENT IN TREE CROPS
SILK COTTON

Mango Stem Borer – Batocera rufomaculata
Biology

  • Full grown larva is fleshy white in colour
  • Adult is a large, stout grey coloured longicorn beetle with two pink dots and lateral spines on thorax

 
Nature of damage

  • Tunneling by grubs
  • Presence of chewed fibres at the entry point of tunnel
  • Drying of terminal shoots and branches
Adult

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