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‘Unufe lalahi e kapisi (Cabbage cluster caterpillar) (078)


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Fakama’opo’opo

  • ‘Oku mafola lahi ia ‘i ‘Esia, ‘Afilika mo ‘Osenia. Koe memipa he famili ‘o e kapisi, polokoli, kapisi, kolifalaoa, kapisi siaina, masitati mo e latisi.
  • ‘Oku fua lahi lanu engeenga, koe fanga ki’i ‘unufe iiki ‘oku nau kai fakataha ‘i he fua’i kapisi. Ko e ‘unufe lalahi ‘oku ‘iai e fanga ki’i fulufulu loloa lanu engeenga, ‘oku nau tu’u loloa ‘i he tu’a pea ko honau ‘ulu ‘oku lanu melomelo.
  • Koe ‘unufe ‘oku nau kai ‘i lalo ‘i he kupenga hange ha silika ‘i loto he fu’u kapisi.
  • Founga anga maheni hono mapule’i: ‘A’ahi ma’u pe ‘a e lulunga moe ngoue’anga; tufi e ngaahi fua moe ‘unufe; to ke mama’o mei he ngoue’anga motu’a, ngaue’aki e ngoue tauhele eg: masitati, kapisi siaina (bok choy) pea faka’auha e ‘akau tauhele kimu’a pea fofoa ‘a e ‘inisekite.
  • Founga ngaue’aki kemikale: ‘I he ngaahi ngoue’anga ‘i ‘api koe (PDPs) konga e kemikale ‘oku to’o me’I he ‘akau. ‘Oku hao mo malu ‘a e ngaahi fili fakanatula (polo fifisi, niimi, kava fisi ‘aukava, famili ‘o e teisi) ‘I he ngoue fakakomesiale, to ‘i lalo he neti/saloni; ngaue’aki e BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) ke fana’aki e ‘unufe he taimi ‘oku nau kei iiki ai.

Common Name: Cabbage cluster caterpillar, large cabbage moth (LCM), large cabbage-heart caterpillar (‘Unufe lalahi e kapisi).

Scientific Name: Crocidolomia pavonana. Previously, known as Crocidolomia binotalis.

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