Archips machlopis (Meyrick) (Tortricidae: Lepidoptera)-Occurrence on garlic Soumia P.S.*, Dilipsundar N., Karuppaiah V., Pandi G. Guru Pirasanna1, Singh Major ICAR-Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research, Pune, 410505, Maharashtra 1ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, 753006, Odisha *Corresponding author Email: soumiaps@gmail.com
Online published on 23 July, 2019. Abstract The present observations on the occurrence of Archips machlopis (Tortricidae: Lepidoptera) on garlic (Allium sativum) is a new host record and it was observed during rabi 2018 at Pune. Larvae were observed tying the adjacent leaves of plants and feed from within, and hence referred to as leaf-tiers. Larva has a brown prothoracic shield, and a narrow white line that demarcates the head capsule. Adult moths are cryptically coloured, with forewings grey, brown, rust, or tan coloured, have a prominent round-pointed apex with wings held in a characteristic a flattened roof fashion at repose. Pupa dark brown to black with cremaster elongate and tapered, enclosed within a dense web of silk. Mild to moderate level of infestation (5–8% damage) with typical leaf-tying and scraping symptom was observed. Top Keywords Archips machlopis, garlic, leaf-tier, tortricid, adult, larva, pupa, damage, new lost. Top |