Mango hopper (Idioscopus niveosparsus , Cicadellidae , Homoptera)
Damaging stage :- Nymph and Adult
Damaging symptom :- Sap sucking withering and shedding of inflorescence ,Honey dew.
Identification:-
- Egg:– Laying inside inflorescence and other succulent parts of plants and also laying in soil.
- Nymph:– Dull yellow or pale yellow color ,wingless .
- Adult:– Grayish with brown spot on head ,wings ,female has ovipositors.
Life cycle :-
Egg–4-10 days–> Nymph –10-15 days–> Adult
Shade and high humidity condition are favorable condition for their multiplication.
Management :-
- Predator :- Spider ,Lady bird beetle ,lace wing larvae.
- Parasitoid :- Chalcid wasp
- Fungal pathogen :- Metarihizium
- Light trap
- Banding (5 cm wide greasy band around trune of mango free before hatching of egg of hopper in soil) prevent upward movement of nymph.
- Metasystox EC@ 10ml/Lit water .