rather than eggs and that the progeny are clones of the adult female. The nymphs feed in colonies on the shoots at the top of the plant. Nymphs…
belong to the Noctuidae (the noctuid or owl moths), which is the largest of all lepidopteran families. Most adults of this family are nocturnal. The…
on the abdomen and several transverse black bands across the body. The antennae are 0.7-1.0 times the body length, reaching to the siphunculi. The…
distance over the plant. The male nymph attaches itself to the plant, whereas the females remain mobile throughout their entire development. After the…
morphology of the palms, direct or indirect destruction of the apical bud will lead to the death of the plant, which makes the red palm weevil (…
to the host plant by feeding on plant sap. They mainly occur on the underside of leaves where they pierce the cells and suck out the contents. The…
fully grown the larvae pupate in the soil in summer. The adults appear about 4 weeks after pupation, but usually remain in the soil until the…
deformations in the growing tip of the plant. Precisely where the plant is pierced is unimportant. The piercing of the lower leaves in the crop can…
unripe fruits. The larval development takes place in the fruit. The larvae pupate either fully or partly in the fruit, or outside the fruit on the…
diseases in plants. The primary goal of biological control is to reduce the damage caused by these pathogens while minimizing the use of chemical…
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