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Unufe me’atui e Taro (Taro hornworm) (032)


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Fakama’opo’opo

  • ‘Oku mafola lahi ‘I he feitu’u mafana mo e momoko, ‘Esia, ‘Osenia. Koe taha eni ha ‘inisekite maumau kihe talo.
  • ‘Oku fakato fua ‘i he la’i ‘akau moe kau’i lau. ‘Oku kai ‘e he ‘unufe matu’otu’a ‘a e vaha’a kalava ‘o e lau pea taimi e ni’ihi ko e lau kotoa.
  • Fakasio e me’a tui mo e ‘ila fo lalahi he mata.
  • Ko ’ene mafola ‘oku ‘ikai ke fa’a hoko koe’uhi koe ngaue e ngaahi fili fakanatula pea ‘e ‘ikai fiema’u ‘e ngaahi founga malu’i kehe.
  • Fili fakanatula: kalasi ‘o e ‘inisekite pe mahaki, hange ko e hone/pi ‘oku nau kainikavea ‘ihe ‘unufe ko ‘eni fakaenatula.
  • Founga malu’i angamaheni: ʻAʻahi maʻu pe ki he ngoue, tufi e ‘unufe, tukuange fanga moa kihe ngoue talo.
  • Founga malu’i ‘aki e kemikalé: ʻOku ʻikai faʻa fie maʻu ia. Kapau ʻe fie maʻu, fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e PDPs: (Plant Derived Pesticide) ngaue’aki ‘a e faito’o ‘oku to’o mei he konga e ‘akau hange koe niimi, famili ‘o e teisi, pe polo fifisi; fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e ngaahi faito’o mei he pekitilia, e.g., spinosad moe Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) ‘i he fanga ki’i ‘unufe iiki. Founga ‘e taha (Synthetic ngaue’aki ‘a e kemikale ‘oku ngaohi ka ‘oku ngalingali ‘oku ne tamate’i ‘a e fili fakanatula.

Common Name:  ‘Unufe me’atui e Taro.

Scientific Name: Hippotion celerio.

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