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Crop Protection :: Tea

Tea tortix: Homona coffearia
Symptoms of damage:
  • Caterpillars make leaf nests by webbing the leaves using silken threads
  • Feed from inside the leaf nest.
  • Young larvae prefer tender leaves
  • Older larvae are seen in mature leaves.

Identification of the pest: 

  • Larva - green in colour
  • Pupae - initially green colour and turns to reddish brown
  • Adult - brown coloured and bell shaped in outline.

Management:

  • Spray chlorpyriphos or fenitrothion 2 ml/lit.
Adult, Tea tortix

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