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Agriculture · Q2

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 2

Q2

The egg colour of Earias sp. is

A.
Sky blue
Answer
B.
Yellow
C.
White
D.
Red

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
The egg colour of Earias sp. is Sky blue.
The insects of this species are small; fore wings with uniform silvery green colored whereas E. vittella has buff-colored forewings with a green band on the middle of the fore wings.
Earias insulana has complete green forewings Scuptured, crown shaped, deep sky blue colour eggs are deposited singly on the shoot tips, buds, flowers, fruits.