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    Cabbage White Butterfly

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    The document discusses the cabbage white butterfly (Pieris brassicae), a major pest of cabbage and other brassica crops. It has a 3-6 week lifecycle from egg to adult, with 3-5 generations per year. The adult butterfly lays orange eggs on the underside of host plant leaves. The caterpillars feed in groups, which can completely defoliate plants. Control measures include hand picking and destroying visible eggs, using insecticides as a last resort, and growing cabbage as an early crop before pest populations build up significantly.

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    The document discusses the cabbage white butterfly (Pieris brassicae), a major pest of cabbage and other brassica crops. It has a 3-6 week lifecycle from egg to adult, with 3-5 generations per year. The adult butterfly lays orange eggs on the underside of host plant leaves. The caterpillars feed in groups, which can completely defoliate plants. Control measures include hand picking and destroying visible eggs, using insecticides as a last resort, and growing cabbage as an early crop before pest populations build up significantly.

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    snktip/aiktiplar DOA-PPD Myanmar Eastern Shan State

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    The document discusses the cabbage white butterfly (Pieris brassicae), a major pest of cabbage and other brassica crops. It has a 3-6 week lifecycle from egg to adult, with 3-5 generations per year. The adult butterfly lays orange eggs on the underside of host plant leaves. The caterpillars feed in groups, which can completely defoliate plants. Control measures include hand picking and destroying visible eggs, using insecticides as a last resort, and growing cabbage as an early crop before pest populations build up significantly.

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    Cabbage White Butterfly

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    The document discusses the cabbage white butterfly (Pieris brassicae), a major pest of cabbage and other brassica crops. It has a 3-6 week lifecycle from egg to adult, with 3-5 generations per year. The adult butterfly lays orange eggs on the underside of host plant leaves. The caterpillars feed in groups, which can completely defoliate plants. Control measures include hand picking and destroying visible eggs, using insecticides as a last resort, and growing cabbage as an early crop before pest populations build up significantly.

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    of 2

    are also orange colored and of the

    same size. Closer examination of


    the eggs will reveal the ladybird
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    National Plant Protection Centre NPPC
    eggs to be smooth, whereas the Department of Agriculture
    eggs of cabbage white butterfly are Semtokha: Thimphu
    with longitudinal ridges.

     Since the larvae feed in groups


    they can be easily located and
    destroyed.

     In case of serious problems, contact


    insecticides like Cypermethrin @1
    ml in 1 litre of water and Malathion
    at the rate of 2 ml in 1 litre of water
    can be sprayed.

    Control Measures Note : Chemical spray is recommended


    always as the last option and Waiting period
    The following measures are recommended of at least 2 weeks shall be maintained
    for the control of this pest:

     Grow cabbage as an early crop,


    Contact us:
    as early-grown cabbage is seldom
    severely injured because it
    National Plant Protection Centre
    reaches maturity before the imported
    Department of Agriculture
    cabbageworm populations have built
    Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
    up significantly.
    Semtokha, Thimphu Cabbage white butterfly.
    (Pieris brassicae )
     The adult butterfly is very
    P O Box: 670 Ento, leaflet 5
    conspicuous and can be easily
    Tel: +975-02-351016/351665
    seen in the field while laying their
    Fax: +975-351656 Produced by:
    eggs. These eggs are easily visible
    and should be hand picked and
    Email: nppcsemtokha@gmail.com Entomology Unit
    destroyed. Care should be taken not
    Website: www.nppc.gov.bt National Plant Protection Centre
    to pick the eggs of ladybirds, which Semtokha, Thimphu
    Life cycle
    Pest Cabbage white butterfly overwinters in

    organism the pupal stage on host plants. Adults


    emerge in mid-spring and lay eggs singly
    on the undersides of outer leaves. Eggs
    The adult is a large white butterfly with hatch in 4 to 8 days and larvae mature in
    black tip forewings. Two black spots two to three weeks, then pupate on the
    are present on the upper side of the host plant. The development from egg to
    forewings in the females, while in the adult requires 3 to 6 weeks. Adults emerge
    males these spots are on the under side in one to two weeks, mate, and lay eggs
    of the wings. The caterpillars are about Larva of cabbage white butterfly for another generation. There are 3 to 5
    25 mm when fully grown and are with generations each year. 
    three longitudinal yellow stripes with
    many black spots. This insect mainly
    occurs as pest of Brassica like cabbage,
    cauliflower, spinach and mustard.

    Female cabbage white butterfly

    Damage symptoms
    The orange coloured eggs are laid in
    groups on the under side of the host plant
    leaves. The caterpillars of this insect feed
    in groups on the under side of the leaves.
    The aggregation feeding habit of these
    caterpillars can completely defoliate an
    individual plant leaving only the tough
    Eggs of cabbage white butterfly Male cabbage white butterfly midrib and the veins in leaves.

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