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PESTS ON SESAME Til Leaf and Pod Caterpillar, Antigastra catalaunalis Lepidoptera: Pyralidae A serious and regular pest. Young caterpillars feed on leaves. They also bore into the shoots, flowers, buds and pods. An early attack kills the whole plant, but infestation of the shoots at a later stage hampers further growth and flowering. The maximum […]
Wax Moth a. Greater Wax Moth Galleria mellonella Galleriidae : Lepidoptera Adults brown in colour. Female moth enters the hive during night and lays creamy white eggs in groups in the cracks and crevices of the hive and combs and in the gap between super and brood chamber. Caterpillar is dirty white in colour. Egg, […]