Potato tuber moth (Phthorimoea operculella)

a. Nature of damage:

  • Larva is pale greenish.
  • Adult is small with narrow fringed wings; forewings grey brown with dark spots and hind wings dirty white.

Tuber moth (Potato) - Insect Science

 

b. Nature of damage:

  • Tubers bored by caterpillars associated with fungal or bacterial infection.
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