PESTS OF VEGETABLE CROPS

Dr. Jamba GyeltshenCNR Lobesa12/03/2012

Pest of Brassicas

1. Large white butterfly2. Diamond back moth3. Cabbage moth4. Cabbage aphid5. Cutworms6. Flea beetles7. Harlequin bugs

Cut worms

• Agrotis segetum

Adult moth

Cutworm

Cutworm

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Cutworm

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Bean seedling damage

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Bean seedling damage

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Large white butterfly

Pieris brassicae

Adult female moth

Adult male moth

Eggs of Cabbage white butterfly

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Eggs of Cabbage white butterfly

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Eggs of Cabbage white butterfly

Newly hatched larvae

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Newly hatched larvae

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Newly hatched larvae

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Newly hatched larvae

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Growing larvae feed in clusters

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Damage by larvae

Pupa

Diamond back moth

Plutella xylostella

Adult moth

Larva

larva

Pupa

Damage

Cabbage moth

Mamestra brassicae

Adult moth

Egg

Larva (Brown and green)

Larva (brown form)

Larva (Green form)

Cabbage aphid

Brevicoryne brassicae

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Aphid colony

Syrphid larvae feeding on aphids

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Harlequin bugs

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Harlequin Bugs

Eurydema sp

Harlequin bug nymphs

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Feeding damage

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Flea beetles

Phyllotreta cruciferaePhyllotreta striolata

Flea Beetles damage

Flea beetle damage

Flea beetles (Bluish green)

Striped flea beetle