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Eggplant fruit and shoot borer

Eggplant fruit and shoot borer

Larva — Lepidoptera

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An "opportunist" is a population (fungi, bacteria, insects…) that takes advantage of a favourable environment to settle in, multiply and feed on it. It often develops when the natural defences of the affected organism are weakened — for genetic reasons or linked to context (water stress, deficiencies, nutritional imbalances, overcrowding…). This is typically the case in monocultures, where a single host plant, uniform and present in large numbers, offers ideal ground for it to spread.

Identification key : Boring caterpillar (fruits, stems, cobs, tubers, wood) (Larva) Butterflies and moths (Adult (and nymphs resembling the adult))

Scientific name : Leucinodes orbonalis

Other names : Brinjal fruit borer

White moth with brown markings, found in South and South-East Asia and Africa. Its caterpillars bore into young eggplant shoots, which wilt, and then into the fruit, which fills with tunnels and frass. It is the main insect of eggplant in South Asia and is also reported on tomato and potato.

Crops affected : Eggplant, Potato, Tomato

Source : Leucinodes orbonalis (LEUIOR)[Overview] — EPPO Global Database — EPPO

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See also

Crops

Eggplant Potato Tomato

Opportunists of the same crops

Tomato leafminer Root-knot nematodes Whitefly Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa) Verticillium wilt Tobacco mosaic virus Stolbur (bois noir) Colorado potato beetle Beetles Late blight Alternaria (early blight) Golden potato cyst nematode

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