MUSTARD SAW FLY

OUTLINES
TAXONOMY OF MUSTARD SAWFLY
IDENTIFICATION OF MUSTARD SAWFLY
LIFE CYCLE OF INSECT
BIOLOGY
NATURE OF DAMAGE
MANAGEMENT
REFERENCES

1. > Scie or C cine.

- King dora Animalia
2 rfi m Arlhropoda
3- Class insecto.
u- Order Humenoplera
5 family Terihredinidae
e cea Alhalia
+ Species ens
tg ‘he most

& e The saul is one
4 mudaid ond cher

import pests
crucierous plants, causes ayalitalive cd

quanttove loses % the cop

be The mostard saufl , Ahalia lugens

(Hymenoptera eine à is à eee

insect and is considered os devastating
pest A veaelabes in India

we The st has been recorded

almost all dales of India

Nom
y e the mudord ai) is widely
dichibuted in Indonesia À IndtanN subcontinent!
o Tr feeds on various cuciferous
larts Nike muslard, cabbage , tip,
knall-khol

couliflower an

2. Scientific Clossification: Sauslies — belon

q lo
the the order Hymenoptera Ihe a
slug is classified as Cladius

isomeras,
We amart coul as Nemalus best,
and dhe tard Sauflı as
Pristiphora exchsonil. The Y \orgect d
the common cauuthes is Uclassiied
as Cimber Americana

> Lderificalion.

> Thee ae five black

shipes on the back and the bed:
has a wsinkle appesiance. A Hull
Youn lawa measures I6- 18mm in
len the adults of these inseds

are’ Small otange - Yellow insecis with

brown - black moins on the body
lack

and have smoky wings with bl
yeins

+ he odulls of hs

insect oxe

small orange - {fellow insecls ul
black markings on the bod
and have smoky wings uth

3. > Ldestiicalion_ à

muslard Sawfly,
pad Soul byes
bb» Lowa.

Greenish black uth usmkled bod:
and has eight pairs of pro- kgs
On touch We lawa falls lo “he
gora and tego s death

we Adult:

Head and thor is black

in
colour , abdomen is orange colour,
wings ore — translucent’ Y, smoky
wäh black veins

be Roonal (1952) obsewed hat the adult
Flies wee shoxt and thick

bodied and were marked with black and
orange coleurs

be Their ung: are Smoky wilh
black veins nd thew h Y called
"lies" the have Y two pass of
wing S

bo ‘On being louched, they have

à terderr to anl-up “and drop
n Ihe round feigning dead -

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* Fach

MT ane
“IP Ys das a 60 9°
Laa (flee quel: “blade
in colour wilh wtinkled — bods
and has 1-8 paw of pubgs (|
# full er latva measures 16-Bmm ler
«LP 13-18 days {

in eathen cocoon in sail
x PP - 10-15 dens
x Sani et al. ony weaved

Alhalia gens on tadish leaves te The

ne d

adult sage under laberolay tendıhens
at en and bes “By. Ra
* The percentage a: which
ml 19437 (calm Horde

hak hed sanged

oo to TIL (arbre cid]

Faqs have Sedive chemrals

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chloride 100. , ydierkore os

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were

calcu

5. a Or
Developmental periods

ee periods days)
» Lal: 20-30

» Pepupal: 3-4

o Pupal : 7-10

e Adult longevity

. Fecundity Kinkos

u Lite € sea

bie e de from

ne wsec
Odöber fom March and ground
Ain summer, The lawae
in their upal cocoons. Ndulls
ot these inseds emer in ground

during) October ds Wwe 2- 8 days
and “durin is hey lay 30-35
eag $ à a he eggs hatch
a a

The pass through

stages are full grown in b-35

seven

days + Li cycle is com leted in
31-34 dogs The st completos

2-3 generation om October 1e.
March -

a
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6. a
. AN qroun lawae are abou) 20mm

long, black, smooth with 8 pairs
a piles, in addition lo three
pars of “lue thoracie legs and
have three Von skipes * on bed

latvae ©
dask green Ind had 4 pairs Ai
abdominal prolegs
be There ae Vive black Sliges
on the back and the body
has wrinkled appearance

be Kapur | ws obsowed thot the

muslard saufly were

8. Babendreier
obsered the life histon

Athalia pp:

laboratory and

9. Development from eagq + odull

is completed in 3Bdoys 108 foe anales

and in 34doys females
© Under laboratory conditions, males

while

this species “live 50 dy
Ny longer

Is
female — sursvived signticant y
12 days
L + Males! emerged approuimetely

one or tulo weeks earlier Ihn emales
be Hibernation is chsened in mature

\awvae in the Gtoon ate in
adult (onl females)

1» Ver low numbers of gas were
also laid on e; \

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10. } numerous
viddled th

ous fe

Yadish and aH

4 culling into Ihe lamina
o À MS and ultir skelefonize
the pa r

11. Jure Of

points o

SawÑly aves_

AS
Thee ae fol sd
nor of dama a af

ben as a yeal polenk al
to defoliate the od plant ar seedling
stage
e fidulls inflict damage by a acl of
as wih He he pP À her

lay in ea
PR d weld

o lawae ni
and later

© Lawae

and du sk

out: ositor

bble mamıns of tender leaves
bite holes in the leaves

enevally Feed ducing dawn

12. > Management:
tNGwe the fiel

weeks ale;

Souuin PA
bug ee | fhe ficanth ty

LE Sos Tune of Melalhion
OEC or je m of Endosuphan 35Ec
im 150-200 des of unto Le hac
once in Odober and again in
Morch- Apnl. q

> Manogermert..
These are.

e Hard pecking of lawae and their
destruction

A 3-4

ve duces Ihe

. Tigction yesulls in dis of the
\uvae
© Ue Sf neem is also effective
Bt formulations 0005-02 per cent exhibits
excellent control
e Application wnalphos 0-025,
Mi o o ds} ? is ek
in contyollin, Ahis ct
e Use of bm gerd seed all emulsion
as an antifeedant

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