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Pinworm: Tuta absoluta (Gelechiidae, Lepidoptera)

Symptoms

  • Mining of leaves, stem and pinholes on fruits
Pinhole in fruit Symptoms
Larvae Adult

Management

  • Cyantraniliprole 10.26 OD 1.8ml/lit.
  • Collect and destroy the pinworm affected plants and fruits
  • Avoid solanaceous crops after tomato
  • Use healthy seedlings for transplanting
  • Keep pheromone traps @ 16 nos./ac to attract and kill the adult moths
  • If needed, spray Chlorantraniliprole 18.5% SC @ 60 ml or Cyantraniliprole 10% OD @ 60 ml or Flubendiamide 20% WG @ 60 ml or Indoxacarb 14.5% SC @ 100ml or Neem formulation (Azadirachtin 1% or 5%) @ 400 – 600 ml/ac.
Updated on October, 2022

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