Manatha albipes is one of the most common pests of banana and the damage is common and usually confined to isolated patches. Kophene cuprea, the bagworm species mentioned in entomology textbooks, is known to occur in eastern India.
1 Damage caused by bagworm feeding on banana
2 Banana leaf showing bagworm damage
3 Banana leaf damaged by bagworm
4 Damage caused by bagworm feeding
5 Banana leaf damaged by bagworm
6 Banana leaf damaged by larvae of Kophene cuprea
7 Bagworm larvae on banana
8 Bagworm larva on banana - female
9 Conical case housing the larva
10 Banana bagworm
11 Banana bagworm
12 Banana bagworm
13 Bagworm female is without wings, mouthparts, legs and other appendages and the eggs inside can be seen through the transparent integument
14 Sexual dimorphism in case structure and pupae of bagworm
15 Bagworm on banana
16 Pupa of bagworm (male)
17 Holes made by bagworm on banana leaf
18 Leaf damage due to bagworm feeding
19 Leaf damaged by bagworm
20 Bagworm on banana
21 Ventral side of female bagworm adult
22 Adult male in profile
23 Adult male
24 Winged adult male
25 Pupa of bagworm (female)
26 Female pupa
27 Male and female larvae of banana bagworm (male larval case is apically narrow, female larval case is apically broader)
28 Sexual dimorphism in pupae of banana bagworm
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34 Skeletonized patches on banana leaf infested by bagworm
35 Skeletonization of banana leaf due to bagworm feeding
36 Bagworms feeding on banana leaf
37 Adult male of banana bagworm is fully winged with all appendages
38 Adult female, without wings and other appendages
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40 Manatha albipes damage is severe on coconut and other palms
41 Manatha albipes damage on fish tail palm
42 Manatha albipes damage on fish tail palm
43 Manatha albipes on fish tail palm
44 Manatha albipes on fish tail palm
45 Manatha albipes on fish tail palm (after adult emergence)
46 Manatha albipes on fish tail palm (after adult emergence)
