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Crop Protection :: Pests of Amaranthus

Leaf webber:  Psara basalis

Symptoms of damage:

  • Webbing of leaves with silken threads

Identification of pest:

  • Larva: Green in colour
  • Adult: small moth with yellowish white thorax and abdomen, brownish red forewing and dark brown hind wing.
Damage Larva Adult

Management:

  • Collect and destroy affected plant parts with caterpillars
  • Set up light trap @ 1/ha to attract and kill the adults
  • Spray malathion 50 EC 1 ml/ lit

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