Tomato
Fruit Borer
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
Eggs: Eggs are sculptured and creamy white in colour, laid singly
Larva: Shows colour variation from greenish to brown. It has dark brown grey lines on the body with lateral white lines and also has dark band
Pupa: Brown in colour, occurs in soil, leaf, pod and crop debris
Adult: Female light pale brownish yellow stout moth, Male – Pale greenish moth V shaped speck.
Forewing: olive green to pale brown with a dark brown circular spot in the centre
Hindwing: is pale smoky white with a broad blackish outer margin
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomsym1-1-255x219x0x14x255x191x1644504957.png)
Larval damage
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomsym2-255x219x0x14x255x191x1644505006.png)
Larval damage
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomsym3-255x219x0x14x255x191x1644505031.png)
Adult damaged fruit
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomiden1-255x219x0x14x255x191x1644505073.png)
Egg
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomiden2-350x300x0x19x350x262x1644505141.png)
Larva
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomiden3-350x300x0x19x350x262x1644505173.png)
Pupa
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomiden4-351x301x0x19x351x263x1644505203.png)
Adult
Management
Serpentine leaf miner
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
Larva: Minute orange yellowish apodous maggots
Pupa: Yellowish brown pupates within mines
Adult: Pale yellow in colour
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomstersym1-263x216x0x10x263x197x1644586532.png)
Leaf mining damage
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/Serpentine-leaf-minor-263x216x0x10x263x197x1644586572.jpg)
Mining in the leaf
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomstersym2-263x212x0x8x263x197x1644586595.png)
Dried leaves
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/Serpentine-leaf-minor-adult-263x228x0x16x263x197x1644586619.png)
Adult
Management
Leaf eating caterpillar
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
Egg: Masses appear golden brown
Larva: Pale greenish with dark markings, gregarious in the early stages
Adult: Brownish in colour, Forewings are brown colour with wavy white marking, Hind wings are white colour with a brown patch along the margin
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomleafsym-360x306x0x18x360x270x1644586774.png)
Larval feeding
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomleafsym1-360x307x0x19x360x270x1644586798.png)
Scrabbing
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomleafsym2-361x288x0x8x361x271x1644586829.png)
Foliar damage
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomleafsym3-360x308x0x19x360x270x1644587219.png)
Flower damage
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomleafiden1-360x305x0x18x360x270x1644587259.png)
Larva
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomleafiden3-361x306x0x18x361x271x1644587284.png)
Adult
Management
Whitefly
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
Egg: Pear shaped, light yellowish, stalked
Nymph: On hatching - Oval, scale-like, greenish white
Adult: White, tiny, scale-like adults
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomwhitesym-314x270x1x0x313x270x1644587518.png)
Fruit damage
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomwhitesym1-360x309x0x20x360x270x1644587551.png)
Silvery damage
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomwhitesym2-361x310x0x20x361x271x1644587582.png)
Tomato leaf curling
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomwhitesym3-360x309x0x20x360x270x1644587627.png)
Tomato leaf curling
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomwhiteiden-360x309x0x20x360x270x1644587694.png)
Nymphs and adult
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/Whitefly-Bemisia-361x352x0x41x361x271x1644587725.png)
Eggs and Adult
Management
Thrips
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
Nymphs: Yellowish
Adult: Dark coloured with fringed wings
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/Tomato_thrips-360x270x0x0x360x270x1644587954.jpg)
Nymph
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/Thrips-361x270x1x0x360x270x1644587985.png)
Adult
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/Thrips-sym-361x350x0x40x361x271x1644588027.jpg)
Symptom
Management
Striped mealybug
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
Crawler: Yellowish to pale white in colour
Adult: Females apterous, long, slender covered with white waxy secretion
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/tomstrippiden-555x467x0x25x555x416x1644588380.png)
Mealy bug on tomato plants
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/Striped-mealt-bug-toma-674x416x59x0x555x416x1644588423.jpg)
Mealy bug on tomato plants
Management
Phosphomidon 40 SL 2ml/lit
Imidacloprid 80.5 SC 0.6 ml/lit
Chlorpriphos 20 EC 2ml/lit
Thiamethoxam 25 WSG 0.6 mg/lit
Profenophos 2ml/lit
Red spider mite
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
Eggs: Hyaline, globular laid in mass
Nymphs: Yellowish in colour
Adult: Red coloured small sized
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/Red_spider_mite_infestation-555x416x0x0x555x416x1644588635.jpg)
Infestation on tomato
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/Tomato_red_spider_mite-555x416x0x0x555x416x1644588681.jpg)
Red spider mite
Management
Pinworm
Symptoms of damage
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/pinworm_sym-263x253x0x28x263x197x1644589004.png)
Pinhole in fruit
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/pinworm-sym_1-263x261x0x32x263x197x1644589089.jpg)
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/pinworm-sym_2-263x257x0x30x263x197x1644589132.jpg)
Symptoms
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/pinworm-sym_3-263x263x0x33x263x197x1644589177.jpg)
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/Pinworm_larva-309x197x23x0x263x197x1644589246.png)
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/pinworm-larva_2-318x197x28x0x263x197x1644589299.jpg)
Larvae
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/pinworm-larvae_3-270x197x4x0x263x197x1644589358.jpg)
![](https://farmsonbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/brizy/imgs/pinworm_adult-287x197x12x0x263x197x1644589402.png)
Adult
Management
Source: https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/