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PHYLLOCNISTID^ 



1'IIN !.!.< >C\ISI IS (I I KKI.I. \. Sin. 



Phylloaiistis citrella, Stainton, l.K.S. (n.s.), III. 302 303 (1856); 

 Meyr., Ann. S. Mr. (Mus. [909), p. 360. 



Fig. (41. Phylloaiistis citrella. I if and moth. 



II ' urc within tin- dotted circli I ural 



Distribution. Probably throughout Southern India. 



Lifehistory. Hie minute, almost legless, transparent pali . 

 1 aterpillar mines tunnels between the epidermal layers of Citrus 

 leaves. Pupa minute, yellowish, in the larval mine. 



Foodplants- < >range. 



Status.- A minor pest as a rule, occasionally occun 

 large numbers that ever) leal is badly mined. 



Control. The inseel is so minute that it is little noticed, altl 

 the larval galleries are fairly evident. As the 1 aterpillar mines 

 inside the leaf it cannot be attacked by a contact or stomach 

 -pray. The onl) practical method seems to be (i) fumigal 

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