Description:

• Leaf miners are most active during the late spring and summer seasons.

Damage Symptoms:

• The pest feeds on the palisade mesophyll tissue between the leaf's two epidermises.
• Infested leaves become transparent and papery in the mined areas.
• Photosynthesis is reduced in the affected leaves.

Preventive Measures:

• Remove and destroy severely infested leaves.
• Install yellow sticky traps.

Control Measures:

• Spray Triazophos, Deltamethrin, or Imidacloprid.