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CROCIDOLOMIA BINOTALIS, Zellcr. 

 cidolomia binotalis, Zeller, K. Vet. -Ak. Handl., p. t>6 (1852) ; 

 Hmpsn., Faun. Ind. Moths, IV. 372; Lefroy, Ent. Mem. Agri. Dept. 



Incl. I. 213 ; tnd. Ins. Life, p. 519. 



II \. -Crocidolontia binotalis. The outline figure shows the natural 

 >i/r. (Original.) 



Distribution. Throughout Southern India. 



Lifehistory. Caterpillar 12—15 mm. long, pale green, with a 

 pair of broad dark-green bands on the back bordered on either side 

 by prominent whitish streaks, and with a faint whitish line down 

 the centre of the back ; on the side of each segment is a group of 

 three black tubercles, arranged in a triangle and each emitting a 

 long slender hair. The caterpillar lives and feeds under cover 

 of a web spun on the lower surface of the foodplant. Pupa in a 

 silken cocoon, sometimes formed on the leaf, sometimes in the soil. 

 Pupal period about 10 days. 



Foodplants. All cruciferous plants, especially mustard and 

 radish. 



Status. Sometimes a serious pest of mustard ami radish, the 

 caterpillar webbing the whole plant. 



Control. Hand-picking ami spraying. 



HELM L \ UND \I.1S. Fb. 

 Phaleena undalis,) - -t. Ent.. p. 392; Ent. Syst.. III. ii. 220 



(1794)- 



