Abstract

                                Insects causing lesions on the fruit peel of banana have been reported previously from Australia and Ecuador. The first report of such damage is probably that of Girault (1925) from Queensland, where Scirtothrips signipennis (Bagnall) was observed to cause rusty spots on the peel. The fruits attacked by this insect show a powdery blotching of the skin, which as it increases and ages become leathery and more or less cracked. The eggs are deposited under the epidermis of the stem or fruit and so injury due to oviposition is also common.

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