Insect pests of mango Pakistan Leaf Hoppers Mango Mealy Bug Mango Fruitfly Infloresence Midge Leaf gall Midger Mango Stem Borer

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2. Name of Pest Scientific Name Order Family
Leaf Hopper Idioscopus niveoparsus
Idioscopus clypealis
Amirtodus atkinsoni
Hemiptera Cicadellidae
Mango Mealy
Bug
Drosicha mangiferae Hemiptera Margarididae
Mango Fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis Diptera Tephritidae
Inflorescence
midge
Dasineura amaramanjarae Diptera Cecidomyiidae
Leaf gall midges Amradiplosis amraemyia Diptera Cecidomyiidae
Mango Stem
borer
Batocera rufomaculata Coleoptera Curculionidae
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Idioscopus niveoparsus
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Idioscopus clypealis
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Amirtodus atkinsoni
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4.  Hosts:
◦ Only mango
◦ Most destructive pest of all varieties o mango
 Distribution:
◦ Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and
Philippines
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5.  Description:
◦ Adult:
 Pale yellow, elongated and very active
 5.1 mm long
◦ Eggs
 Laid singly in the tissue of the panicles, unopened
flowers and young leaves
 around 200 eggs per female
◦ Nymph
 Pale yellow in colour
 Three (3) nymphal instars
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8. EGGS
8-10
days
8-13
days
15-19
days
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9.  Optimum activity: February-March
 Inactive period: May – June
October – November
 Generations: two per year
1. February – April
2. June-August
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10.  Large number of nymphs and adult insects
puncture and suck the sap of tender parts,
thereby reducing the vigour of the plants.
Heavy puncturing and continuous draining of
the sap causes curling and drying of the
infested tissue.
 Secrete Honey dew (a sticky substance) which
form sooty mold, affecting adversely the
photosynthetic activities of the leaves.
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16.  Non Chemical Control:
◦ Density Planting should be avoided.
◦ Pruning of some branches in old orchards
◦ Avoid waterlogged and damped conditions
◦ Bio-Control
 Isyndus heros
 Epipyrops fuliginosa
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17.  Chemical Control:
◦ Deltamethrin (Decis 2.5 EC)
 40 ml / 100 L of water
◦ Acetamiprid (Mospilan 20 SP)
 100g/ 100 L of water
◦ Bifenthrin (Talstar 10 EC)
 35-40 ml / 100 L of water
◦ Immidacloprid (Confidor 200 SL)
 50 ml / 100 L of water
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18. Mango
Mealy Bug
Drosicha
mangiferae
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19.  Hosts:
◦ Besides mango 62 plants have been damaged by
this pests, citrus, guava, mulberry, plums, fig,
jaman
 Distribution:
◦ Pakistan, India
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20.  Description:
◦ Adult:
 Female: wingless
Oval
Flattened
covered with white mealy powder
22-47 days life
 Male: Dipterous
Forewings are black
hind wings modified as halteres
body is crimson
live only live for 7 days
◦ Eggs
 1 mm long and 0.7 mm broad
 Oval shaped
 Pink when laid and become pale near maturity
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21.  Description:
◦ Nymph
 Female has 3 instars
 Male has 4 intstars
 Colour is brownish
◦ Pupa:
 Occurs only in male,
 Like a cocoon
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25. 4-7
months
3- 6
months
Male Pupa
9-15 days
Male Adult
4-7 days
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Female Adult
22-47 days

26.  Optimum activity: December to June
 Inactive period: July – December
(Egg stage)
 Generations: One per year
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27.  Damaged is caused by nymphs and wingless
females
 suck the plant sap and reduce the vigour of
the plant
 Excessive and continuous draining of plant
sap causes wilting and finally drying of
infested tissue
 Secrete Honey dew (a sticky substance) which
form sooty mold, affecting adversely the
photosynthetic activities of the leaves.
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31.  Non-Chemical Control
 Ploughing up the soil around mango trunk
from june to end of december
 Collection of eggs and destroy them
 Ploythene sheet about 15-20 cm width at
about one meter above the ground level must
be put around the tree trunk in december
 Remove weeds from the orchards
 Bio-control
◦ Phygadeuon sp
◦ Rodolia fumida (Beetle)
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32.  Chemical Control
◦ Chlorpyrifos (lorsban 40 EC)
 250 ml / 100 L of water
◦ Immidacloprid (Confidor 200 SL)
 50 ml / 100 L of water
◦ Acetamiprid (Mospilan 20 SP)
 100 ml / 100 L of water
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33. Mango
Fruit fly
Bactrocera
dorsalis
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34.  Hosts:
◦ About 250 hosts, including: Mango, Guava, Peach,
Apricot, Cherry, Pear, Loquat, Plum, citrus, ber,
brinjal, chillies.
 Distribution:
◦ Pakistan, India, Malayisa, Indonesia, Taiwan,
Phillipines, Australia, Huwai
Also know as Mediterranian Fruit fly
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35.  Description:
◦ Adult:
 Stout, little bigger then ordinary house fly.
 14 mm across the wings and 7mm length
 Brown
 Transparent wings
 Black patterns on the thorax
◦ Eggs
 Minute
 150-200 eggs female
 Laid below the skin of fruit
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36.  Description:
◦ Larvae/Maggots
 Legless
 8-9mm long 1.5 mm wide
 Yellow and opaque
◦ Pupa:
 Brown in colour
 Laid in the soil at a depth of 8-13 cm.
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41. 2-3
days
9-20
days
Pupa
6-12 days
Adult
27-44 days
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42.  Optimum activity: Summer months
April-October
 Inactive period: November - March
(Pupae Hibernate in Soil)
 Generations: about 10 generations in
year
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43.  Fruit fly adults most often lay their eggs in
the fresh flesh of fruits and vegetables.
 The eggs hatch into larvae (maggots) which
most often feed on the inside of the fruit,
resulting in a soft, mushy mess.
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46. Pheromone traps
◦Methyl Eugenol
Protein Hydrolysate
◦MONITORING & CONTROL
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47.  Non-Chemical Control
◦ Avoid early harvesting of mature fruits
◦ Destruction of infested fallen fruits
◦ Ploughing of soil and destruction of bedris to kill
pupae
◦ Heavy irrigation is also useful
◦ Bio-control
 Opius compensatus (Paratoid)
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48.  Chemical Control
◦ Trichlorphon (Diptrex 80 WP)
 170 gm / 100 L of water
◦ Dichlorvos (Thunder 50 EC)
 100 ml / 100 L of water
 Dip the fruit in 5%NaCl solution for 60 minutes to kill
the eggs.
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