- The maggot burrows into the fruits and sucks the sap.
- Infested fruits decay and drop.
- They fly mainly prefer tender fruits for egg-laying.
- Ovipositional punctures caused by adults also cause injury on fruits and fruit juices oozes out.
- This also results in distorted and malformed.
- The maggots feed on the pulp of fruits as well as on the immature seeds and cause premature dropping of fruits.
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