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Fruit Sucking Moth

The document discusses the fruit sucking moth, Othreis fullonica and Othreis materna. It describes the nature of damage caused by the adult moths feeding on ripening fruits, leaving circular pinhole spots that allow infection. The life cycle and physical identification marks of the moths and caterpillars are provided. Management strategies to control the pest include destroying host plants, bagging fruits, using smoke or traps to attract adults, and applying poison bait.

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Fruit Sucking Moth

The document discusses the fruit sucking moth, Othreis fullonica and Othreis materna. It describes the nature of damage caused by the adult moths feeding on ripening fruits, leaving circular pinhole spots that allow infection. The life cycle and physical identification marks of the moths and caterpillars are provided. Management strategies to control the pest include destroying host plants, bagging fruits, using smoke or traps to attract adults, and applying poison bait.

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Presented by – Rahul Chaudhary

Scientific Name: Othreis fullonica (Clerck), Othreis


materna (Linnaeus)
Family: Noctuidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Nature of damage
 Adult moth sucks the juice from ripening fruits with the
help of strong proboscis with sharp spines by
making puncture after dusk (sun set) during the rainy
season.
 A circular pinhole like spot appears at the feeding
site. Later on, the area around the damaged portion
turns yellowish-brown..
Damage symptoms

 A circular pinhole like spot appears at the feeding site.


 Later on, the area around the damaged portion
turns yellowish-brown.
 The punctured fruits are easily infected with bacteria
and fungi.
 As a result, the fruit rot and falls prematurely.
Mark of identification
 The moths have a strong proboscis with sharp spines.
 adults of O. fullonica has pale orange brown body
with forewings dark grayish and the hind wings orange red
with two black curved patches.
 The adult of O. materna has pale greenish gray upper wings
with pale white markings and the lower wings with a
marginal dark brown region mixed with white spots and a
circular dark spot.
 The caterpillar is a semilooper, dark brown
with yellow and red spots.
 Full grown caterpillars are 50 - 60 mm long, stout, velvety-
blue with yellow patterns on dorsal and lateral sides and
having a hump at anal end.
Larvae & Adult of
Fruit sucking moth
Life Cycle
 Complete life cycle –
1. Eggs - The moth lays 200-300 eggs on a weed, Tinospora
cardifolia. Egg period is 8 -10 days.
2. Larvae - Full grown caterpillars are 50 - 60 mm long
Larval period is 28 – 30 days.
3. Pupa - Pupal period is 14 - 18 days. Pupates on the leaves
itself. Pupation takes place in a transparent pale whitish
silken cover enclosed in leaf fold.
4. Adult moth - pierces the fruits for sucking the juice and
makes characteristic pin-hole damage in fruits. ...
Whole fruit turns yellow, drops from tree and looks like a
premature fruit. In severe cases, all fruits are lost
Management
 Destroy the weed host Tinospora cardifolia and coccules
pendules
 Bag the fruit with polythene bag (500 gauge)
 Apply smoke to prevent adult moth
 Trap crop – growing tomato crop in orchards to attract
the adult moth
 Poison bait
 dilute suspension of fermented molasses and malathion
0.05% (50 EC at 1ml/lit)
 Use light trap or food lure to attract moths

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