Insects affecting citrus are many which the fruit sucking moths.the citrus butterfly.the leaf miner et.are the most troublesome.Besides insects there are mites (Acarina)which occasionally do some damage. One of these--Tetrany - chus(Schizotetranychus)hindustanicus,Hirst.sucks the leafsap with the result that discoloured patches are produced on the leaves.The adult mites which are greenish yellow in colour are found also on Perison neem,margosa and 'curryleaf'plant.
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