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Crop Protection :: Tea

Flush worm:Cydia leuocostoma
Symptoms of damage:
  • Caterpillar ties up the margin of tender leaves and forms a case enclosing the bud.
  • Feed on the upper epidermis of leaves.
  • Affected leaves - rough, crinkled and leathery.
  • Bud - Shoot growth is arrested.

Identification of the pest:

  • Eggs are pale yellow and lay singly on the under surface of mature leaves
  • Larva – brown in colour.
  • Adult is very small moth, blackish brown in colour.

Management:

  • Spray chlorpyriphos or fenitrothion 2 ml/lit.
Adult

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