Pepper mussel scale: Lepidosaphes piperis 

Symptom of Damage:

• Infects the plant by sucking the leaf tip, leaf and stem of the suckers
• infected parts become yellowish and later dry up

Identification of pest:

• Lepidosaphes piperis : small, stunted with boat shaped appearance
• Espidiotus testructar: very small insect with yellowish in colur

Management:

• Remove and destroy the infected plant parts
• Spray Dimethoate 0.1 % followed by one more spray on 21st day of first spray