PESTS JATROPHA
Lepidopteran pests of Jatropha
S.No |
Pest |
Family |
Plant parts damaged |
1 |
Pempelia morosalis (Saalm Uller) Leaf webber |
Pyralidae |
Leaves, bark, fruits |
2 |
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius)
Tobacco caterpillar |
Noctuidae |
Leaves |
3 |
Achaea janata (Linnaeus)
Semilooper |
Noctuidae |
Leaves |
4 |
Orygia postica (Walker)
Hairy caterpillar |
Lymantridae |
Leaves |
5 |
Estigmene lactinea (Gram.)
Black hairy caterpillar |
Arctiidae |
Leaves |
6 |
Stomphastris thraustica (Meyerick)
Leaf blister miner |
Gracillaridae |
Leaves |
Pests of Jatropha in India – other than Lepidoptera
S.No |
Pest |
Family |
Plant parts damaged |
1 |
Scutellera nobilis (Fabricius) |
Scutelleridae |
Mainly fruits |
2 |
Chrysocoris purpureus (Westw.) |
Scutelleridae |
Mainly fruits |
3 |
Retithrips syriacus (Mayet) |
Thripidae |
Leaves |
4 |
Ferrisia virgata (Ckll.) |
Pseudococcidae |
Leaves, shoot |
5 |
Pulvinaria maxima (Green) |
Coccidae |
Stem, leaves |
6 |
Eurybrachys tomentosa (Fabricius) |
Eurybrachydae |
Leaves |
7 |
Attractomorpha ranacea (Fabricius) |
Acrididae |
Leaves |
8 |
Myllocerus maclosus (Guer.) |
Curculionidae |
Leaves |
9 |
Oxycetonia versicolor |
Cetonidae |
Flowers |
10 |
Tertranychus urticae (Koch) |
Tetranychidae |
Leaves |
11 |
Polyphagonemus latus (Bank) |
Tarsonemidae |
Leaves |
Pempelia morosalis (Saalm Uller)
- The adult - grey in colour with snout like labial palp in the head with hyaline hindwing.
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Life cycle of P. morosalis
- Male was slightly smaller than female with pointed abdominal tip.
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