Cutworms in onion
- Young larvae are yellowish-grey and later become brown, greasy to touch and coil when disturbed.
- Cutworm moth is generally dark grey-brown colour with varying mottled pattern or spots on their forewing.
- They cut the onion seedlings at ground level during the night and hide during the day.
- Young larvae feed gregariously on onion foliage but later segregate and enter into the soil.
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