Moth bean Pests

Pests of national significance

Insect and mite pests

• White grub: Holotrichia spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• Aphids: Aphis craccivora Koch (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Spotted pod borer: Maruca vitrata Geyer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
• Leaf hopper: Empoasca kerri Pruthi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
• Whitefly: Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
• Pod bugs: Riptortus pedestris (Hemiptera: Alydidae); Clavigralla gibbosa (Hemiptera: Coreidae) and Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

• Fusarium wilt: Fusarium oxysporum (Schlecht) Snyder & Hansen
• Charcoal rot or ashy stem blight: Macrophomina phaseolina (Maubl.)
• Mung bean yellow mosaic virus
• Bacterial blight: Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola Van Hall,
• Bacterial leaf spot: Xanthomonas phaseoli (Burkholder) Starr & Burkholder.
• Cercospora leaf blight: Cercospora spp

Weeds

Broad leaf

• Pigweed: Amaranthus viridis Hook. F. (Amaranthaceae)
• Tick weed: Cleome viscosa L (Capparidaceae)
• Horse purslane: Trianthema portulacastrum L. (Aizoaceae)
• False amaranth: Digera arvensis Forssk. (Amaranthaceae)

Grasses

• Rabbit/Crow foot grass: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Beauv. (Poaceae)
• Crab grass: Digiteria sanguinalis (L.) Willd. (Poaceae)

Sedges

• Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae)
• Yellow nutsedge: Cyperus esculentus L. (Cyperaceae)

Nematodes

• Root-knot nematode: Meloidogyne spp.
• Reniform nematode: Rotylenchulus reniformis (Linford & Oliveira)

Pests of Regional Significance

Insect pests

• Hawk moth: Acherontia styx Westwood (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) (Rajasthan)
• Hairy caterpillar: Amsacta spp. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

IPM for Mothbean

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Source: NIPHM; Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage