The document describes the symptoms of damage and identification of various pests that affect pigeonpea crops. It lists symptoms such as defoliation, pods with holes, dropping of flowers and pods. Identification details provided include descriptions of eggs, larvae, pupae, and adult forms of the pests. Colors, markings and other features are specified for each growth stage to facilitate identification. A variety of pests affecting pigeonpea are covered.

4. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Defoliation in early stages
 Larva’s head alone thrust
inside the pods and the
rest of the body hanging
out.
 Pods with round holes

5. IDENTIFICATION OFTHE PEST
 Eggs – are spherical in shape and
creamy white in colour, laid singly

Larva - shows colour variation from
greenish to brown. Green with dark
brown grey lines laterally on the body
with lateral white lines and also has
dark and pale bands.

Pupa – brown in colour, occurs in soil,
leaf, pod and crop debris

Adult - light pale brownish yellow
stout moth. Fore wing grey to pale
brown withV shaped speck.Hind
wings are pale smoky white with a
broad blackish outer margin.

6. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE

 Defoliation in early stages
 Larva’s head alone thrust
inside the pods and the
rest of the body hanging
out.
 Pods with round holes

7. IDENTIFICATION OFTHE PEST
LARVA
 - Greenish white with
brown head. It has two
pairs of dark spots on the
back of each segment
 Adult - Forewings- light
brown colour with white
markings; Hindwings –
white colour with brown
markings at the lateral
edge

8. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE

Dropping of flowers and
young pods
 Older pods marked with a
brown spot where a larvae
has entered

9. IDENTIFICATION OFTHE PEST
LARVAL
 – greenish initially, turns
pink before pupation.
 It has 5 black spots on the
prothorax

10. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE

Buds, flowers and young
pods with boreholes
 Presence of slug like
caterpillar.
 Honey dew secretion with
black ant movements

11. IDENTIFICATION OFTHE PEST

 Larva – It is flat and slightly
rounded; Pale green with a
rough skin.
 Adult - moth is greyish blue
with prominent black spots in
the hind wings and a long
tail;Ventral side of wings with
numerous stripes and brown
spots


12. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
 Buds, flowers and young
pods with boreholes and
presence of slug like
caterpillar.
 Larval entry hole on the
pod is plugged with excreta

13. IDENTIFICATION OFTHE PEST
 Larva - pale green or
yellow with a red line and
short black hairs on the
body.
 Adult - butterfly is blue,
medium sized with 5 black
spots in the hind wings and
two black spots in the inner
margin.


14. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE

 Leaves, inflorescence stalk
and young pods covered
with dark coloured aphids
 Honey dew secretion with
black ant movements

15. IDENTIFICATION OFTHE PEST

 Nymphs and Adult – dark
coloured with cornicles in
the abdomen

16. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
 Leave mottled and
yellowish in colour
 Green colour insects found
under surface of leaves

17. IDENTIFICATION OFTHE PEST

 Adult – elongate, active,
wedge shape, green
insects

18. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
 Pods with black spots
 Shedding of green pods
 Poorly filled pods with
shriveled grains inside

19. IDENTIFICATION OFTHE PEST

Riptortus pedestris
 Brownish black and
hemispherical
 Nymphs – resemble dark
brown ants

20. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
 Cluster on the plant parts
and suck the sap

21. IDENTIFICATION OFTHE PEST
 Nymphs and Adult - sub
globular, oval and greenish
shield bug.
 It has a characteristic
buggy odour

22. IDENTIFICATION OFTHE PEST
 Nymphs and Adult - sub
globular, oval and greenish
shield bug.
 It has a characteristic
buggy odour

23. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
 Pods with black spots
 Shedding of green pods
 Poorly filled pods with
shriveled grains inside

24. IDENTIFICATION OFTHE PEST

Riptortus pedestris
 Brownish black and
hemispherical
 Nymphs – resemble dark
brown ants

25. IDENTIFICATION OFTHE PEST

Riptortus pedestris
 Brownish black and
hemispherical
 Nymphs – resemble dark
brown ants

26. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
 The adult feeds voraciously
on buds and flowers.

27. IDENTIFICATION OFTHE PEST
 Eggs - are light yellowish in
colour and cylindrical in
shape.
 Larvae -Young grubs are
white in colour.
 Adult – Elytra are black in
colour with a round orange
spot and two transverse
wavy orange bands across
the wings.

28. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
 The adult feeds voraciously
on buds and flowers.