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Agriculture · Q369

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 369

Q369

Skeletimization of tobacco leaves is caused by

A.
Tobacco stem gall (Phthorimaea heliopa)
B.
White fly (Bemisia tabaci)
C.
Tobacco caterpillar (Spodoptera litura)
Answer
D.
None of these

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Skeletimization of tobacco leaves is caused by Tobacco caterpillars (Spodoptera litura).
Skeletonization is the state of a dead organism after undergoing decomposition. Skeletonization refers to the final stage of decomposition, during which the last vestiges of the soft tissues of a corpse or carcass have decayed or dried to the point that the skeleton is exposed.
The tobacco caterpillar, Spodoptera litura (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is considered the most destructive insect pest of castor damaging the crop throughout the Kharif season. The newly hatched larvae feed gregariously and skeletonise the leaves giving 'mesh-like appearance.