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The Coconut black headed caterpillar (Opisina arenosella), is a species of moth found in throughout East Asian countries including Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, as well as Indonesia. It is considered a pest of coconut palm trees, causing considerable damage to the trees, and reducing the plant's yield significantly and can be a major ...
In early instars, the larvae feed together in groups, but beginning in the third or fourth instar the caterpillars begin to feed individually. [8] [9] The larvae eat the entire leaf blade and are capable of consuming a few leaves each. Thus, large populations of greenstriped mapleworms are capable of defoliating trees.
Mahasena corbetti, the coconut case caterpillar, is a polyphagous species of bagworm. [1] This species is classified as leaf-eating pest caterpillars that produce tough silk out of their bags from dried foliage.
Spodoptera litura, otherwise known as the tobacco cutworm or cotton leafworm, is a nocturnal moth in the family Noctuidae. S. litura is a serious polyphagous pest in Asia, Oceania, and the Indian subcontinent that was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. [1]
Caterpillars cause much damage, mainly by eating leaves. The propensity for damage is enhanced by monocultural farming practices, especially where the caterpillar is specifically adapted to the host plant under cultivation. The cotton bollworm causes enormous losses. Other species eat food crops.
And while pollinators visit the flowers on Bradford pears, few insects use the leaves, which is an issue because many birds depend on leaf-eating caterpillars and other insects to feed their ...
Canna leaf roller refers to two different Lepidoptera species that are pests of cultivated cannas. Caterpillars of the Brazilian skipper butterfly ( Calpodes ethlius ), also known as the larger canna leaf roller, cut the leaves and roll them over to live inside while pupating and eating the leaf. [ 1 ]
Leaf miner damage to a horse chestnut tree Leaf with minor miner damage Tomato with leaf miner damage Leaf mines by the moth Phyllocnistis hyperpersea on a Persea borbonia leaf Leaf miner trail on a fallen leaf in a Gondwana cool temperate rainforest. Note the initial thin width of the insect trail, becoming wider as the insect grows while it ...