Pacific Pests & Pathogens - Mini Fact Sheet EditionBele (Abelmoschus) leaf roller (087)
Pacific Pests & Pathogens - Mini Fact Sheet EditionBele (Abelmoschus) leaf roller (087)
Summary
- Worldwide distribution. On bele (aibika, island cabbage or sliperi kabis, Abelmoschus manihot), ornamental Hibiscus, cotton, okra, and some weeds. An important pest.
- Eggs laid singly or in groups on underside of leaves. At first, larvae feed together, later alone in leaf rolls, causing leaves to curl, droop down and fall.
- Cultural control: plant away from infested crops; pinch and squash rolled leaves, if number are low; prune rolled leaves; after last harvest, collect and burn debris.
- Chemical control: PDPs (with soap): chilli, derris, pyrethrum, or neem; use biopesticides, e.g., Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), or spinosad, but best to spray young larvae; use synthetic pyrethroids, but more likely to kill natural enemies.
Common Name
Cotton leaf roller, bele leaf roller
Scientific Name
Haritalodes derogata (previously Sylepta derogata).
AUTHORS Helen Tsatsia & Grahame Jackson
Photos 1-3 Suzanne Neave, CABI, UK. Photo 4 Georg Goergen, IITA/Insect Museum, Cotonou, Benin.
Produced with support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research under project PC/2010/090: Strengthening integrated crop management research in the Pacific Islands in support of sustainable intensification of high-value crop production, implemented by the University of Queensland and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.
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