1. Post-Flowering Stage Insect Pests Introduction Number of pest species inflict damage to crops during their growth and development in the field. Some pests are associated with specific crop growth stage while others may occur during more than one or during all crop growth stages. It is imperative to study pest profile of crops for better understanding of crop-pest interactions. Post-flowering stage pests mainly damage reproductive plant parts and comprise of pests such as fruit borers, ear cutting caterpillar, stem borer etc. and are thus economically very important. Tomato fruit –damaged by fruit borer Courtesy: keteneworkzn.info EndNext

2. Stem borer Brown planthopper Grasshopper Ear cutting caterpillar Rice Yellow stem borer Scirpophaga incertulas Brown planthopperNilaparvata lugens (BPH) GrasshopperHieroglyphus banian Ear cutting caterpillarMythimna separata EndNextPrevious

3. Potato tuber moth Courtesy: discoverlife.org Hadda beetle Courtesy: baovethucvat.org White grub Courtesy: toxipedia.org Potato Potato tuber mothPhthorimoea operculella Hadda beetleEpilachna vigintioctopunctata White grubHolotrichia conferta EndNextPrevious

4. Aphid Courtesy: entnemdept.ufl.edu Whitefly Courtesy: ivia.es Tobacco caterpillar Courtesy: baovethucvat.org Potato Aphid Myzus persicae Aphis gossypii WhiteflyTrialeurodes vaporarium Bemisia tabaci Tobacco caterpillar Spodoptera litura EndNextPrevious

5. Psedostem borer Courtesy: article.wn.com Rhizome weevil Courtesy: article.wn.com Banana Scale moth Nacoleia octasema Rhizome weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Pseudostem borer Odioporus longicollis EndNextPrevious

6. Banana aphid Courtesy: ecoport.org Mealy bug Courtesy: itp.lucidcentral.org2 Banana Banana aphid Pentalonia nigronervosa Mealy bugPseudococcus sp. EndNextPrevious

7. Mango stem borer Courtesy: wharsthatbug.com2 Bark eating caterpillar Courtesy: web.pau.edu Red ant Courtesy: www. Shutterstock.com Mango Stem borerBactocera rufomaculata Bark eating caterpillar Indarbela tetraonis I. quadrinotata Red antOecophylla smaragdina EndNextPrevious

8. Mango Fruit flyBactrocera dorsalis Mango nut weevilSternochetus mangiferae Fruit borerHyalospila leuconeurella EndNextPrevious

9. Grape Fruit sucking moth Otheris fullonica O. Materna O. ancilla Semilooper Achaea janata Stem borerSinoxylon anale EndNextPrevious

10. Thrips Courtesy: longislandhydro.com Leaf eating caterpillar Courtesy: powellgardens.wordpres Grape Grapevine thrips Rhipiphothrips cruentatus Aleurocanthus spiniferus Stem girdler Stethenias grisator Mealy bug Ferrisia virgata Maconellicoccus hirsutus Leaf eating caterpillarSpodoptera litura EndNextPrevious

11. Whitefly Courtesy: ivia.es Fruit borer Courtesy: ketenworkzn.info Serpentine leaf miner Courtesy: ikisan.com Tobacco caterpillar Courtesy: baovethucvat.org Tomato Fruit borerHelicoverpa armigera Serpentine leaf minerLiriomyza trifolii Tobacco caterpillarSpodoptera litura WhiteflyBemisia tabaci AphidsAphis gossypii End Next Previous

12. Let’s Sum Up Post-flowering insect pests Rice: Yellow stem borer, BPH, Grasshopper, Ear cutting caterpillar Potato: Potato tuber moth, Hadda beetle, White grub, Aphid, Whitefly, Tobacco caterpillar Mango: Stem borer, Bark eating caterpillar, Red ant, Fruit fly, Mango nut weevil, Fruit borer Grape: Fruit sucking moth, Semi-looper, Stem borer, Grapevine thrips, Stem girdler, Mealy bug, Leaf eating caterpillar Tomato: Fruit borer, Serpentine leaf miner, Tobacco caterpillar, Whitefly, Aphids EndPrevious