Hadda Beetle (Epilachna vigintioctopunctuata)

Hadda Beetle (Epilachna vigintioctopunctuata)

It is a polyphagous insect pest and is major host of cucurbits, potato, and kidney beans and eggplant.

Symptom: Both adult and larva feed on leaves initially damaging green tissue between the leaf veins. Later a characteristic damage called skeletonization occurs whereby only hard part of the leaves like main veins and petiole are left.

Identification and Damage:

                            

1.Larva feeding on Bitter gourd leaf                      2. Skeletonization Of leaf                                     3. Adult Hadda Beetle

Management:

v Applying ash can reduce infestation in early stage.

v Spray castor oil, neem oil emulsion mixed plus garlic extract diluted in water.

v Bio pesticides containing the bacterium Bacillus thurengiensis or the fungus Aspergillus spp. can be used as foliar spray applications.

v If chemical control seems necessary use product containing dimethoate, fenvelarate, chloropyriphos, malathion can be applied as foliar spray.