The mango hopper prefers humid climates and feeds on mango trees during spring and monsoon season. It spends the winter under tree bark. Females lay 200 eggs singly in plant tissue. Nymphs and adults both damage plants by sucking sap and injecting eggs, which causes inflorescences to wither and fruit to drop prematurely. They also excrete honeydew which fosters sooty mold growth and reduces photosynthesis. Control methods include pruning trees, removing damaged parts, using natural predators or pathogens, and applying insecticides like malathion or neem oil extracts.

1. Mango hopper

2. Hopper’s distribution
& reproduction
 Prefer humid climate and therefore more attack on thick Canopy
plants.
 Active during Spring and Monsoon season I.e. Feb - April &
June –August.
 Spend Winter (dormant period) sitting around the main trunk.
 Suck sap from Inflorescence and tender shoots
 Excrete honey-dew
 Nymphs dull green, voracious feeders
 Very active from March – August
 Over-winter under tree bark
 Adults grayish, about 5 mm long
 200 eggs/female, singly embedded in plant tissue
 Inflorescence withers and turn brown
 Fruit drops pre-maturely
 Prefer humid climate

3. Life cycle & reproduction

4. Mode of damage
 damage by sucking cell sap & by egg laying in the
inflorescence & young leaves by injecting ovipositor. Which
ultimately affect on fruit setting.
 Inflorescence wither up & turn brown and loss 20- 100%
inflorescences.
 Excrete honey dews which serve as media for sooty mould
development which affect on photosynthesis.
 Both Nymphs and Adult damage the plant, but nymphs are
more harmful due to voracious feeding.
 Bear abnormal fruits
Sooty mould attacked
plant

5. Controlling
 Proper Pruning to allow sun light inside plant
canopy
 Remove bunched leaves & malformed panicles
Culturally
Bio logically
 Using natural predators (eg:- mantids,
neuropterans, and mites )
 Using parasites ( Pipunculus annulifemer, larvae
of Epipyrops fulginosa etc.)
 Or using pathogens (like entomogenous fungus)

6. Chemically
 Using malathion
 Alcoholic extraction of neem oil
 Spearmint oil, citronella oil or lemongrass oil etc.
 Insecticides – BUPROFEZAIN(0.0125%)