Friday, April 12, 2019

Tuber crops II sweet potato 4. Tortoise beetles



4. Tortoise beetles: Aspidomorpha miliaris Cassididae: Coleoptera.
  • Grub: Flattened with spiny processes covering their body. Dried excreta are seen on the anal process.
  • Adult: Broad oval shaped, brownish-red in colour with black dots.
  • skeletonization & Shot holes on leaves.



Adult 

Grub
                                              

















Shot holes on leaves

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