About Lesson
Citrus leaf miner ( Phyllocnistis citrella, phyllocnistidae, Lepidoptera)
Damaging stage:- Larva
Damaging symptom:- Mining of leaves feed mesophyll.
Identification:-
- Egg:- Inside leaf, through
- Larva:- yellow .
- Pupa:- Inside leaves
- Adult – Silvery white color with winged fringed with long hair .
Management:-
- Collect and destroy the infected leaves.
- Spray neem cake solution as repellent.
- Eco–citrus leaf minor traps to capture males.
- Remove sucker
- Metasystok 25% EC @ 1 M/l