Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, 313001
*Email: akmeenaentomology@gmail.com
Online published on 5 February, 2019.
The alfalfa leaf tier moth, Dichomeris acuminatus (Staudinger, 1876) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) was observed to feed soybean leaves over three crop seasons during kharif 2015 to 2017. Its infestation was observed along with the leaf folder Omiodes indicata (Fabricius) often within the same rolled/tied leaf. This paper provides details of incidence along with interactions with weather factors in terms of population dynamics. Also, morphological characterization of the moth accomplished is given with images.
Dichomeris acuminatus, Gelechiidae, soybean, incidence, population dynamics, weather factors, correlation coefficients, morphology, images
