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Agriculture · Q232

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 232

Q232

Nephantis serenopa is responsible for damage of

A.
Rice
B.
Wheat
C.
Coconut
Answer
D.
Cotton

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Nephantis serenopa is responsible for the damage to the Coconut.
Nephantis serinopa is the only species within the genus Nephantis. The wingspan is 20 - 28 mm. The forewings are pale greyish-ochreous, with some fine scattered blackish scales and with the extreme costal edge whitish.
The first discal stigma is raised, and dark fuscous, the plical and second discal indistinct, indicated by two or three dark fuscous scales, the plical obliquely before the first discal.
The larvae conceal themselves beneath galleries of web and excreta on the under-surface of the leaves of the coconut palm.