Pests of National Significance Insect pests Anar butterfly: Deudorix (Virachola) isocrates Fabricus (Lepidoptera: Lycanidae) Stem borer: Coelosterna spinator Febricius (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Whitefly: Siphorinus phillyreae Haliday (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Shot hole borer: Xyleborus perforans Wollastan (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) Thrips: Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood or Rhiphiphorothrips cruentatus Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Fruit borers: Conogethes punctiferalis, (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Diseases Bacterial leaf and fruit spot: Xanthomonas axonopodies pv. punicae (Hingorani and Singh) Vauterin et al. Leaf and fruit spot: Pseudocercospora punicae (Hennings) Deighton Anthracnose: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Sacc. Wilt: Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. Pests of Regional Significance: Insect pests Pomegranate aphid: Aphis punicae Passerini (Homoptera: Aphididae) Mealy bugs: Ferrisia virgata Cockerell (Homoptera: Coccidae) Fruit borer: Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Fruit sucking moth: Eudocima spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Diseases Fruit scab: Speciloma sp. Leaf spot: Alternaria sp. and Cercospora sp. Fruit rot: Phytophthora spp., Aspergillus foetidus Thom & Raper IPM for Pomegranate To know the IPM practices for Pomegranate, click here. Source : NIPHM, Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage