Egg stage (Fig. 1b,c):
The eggs were whitish yellow and dome shaped with longitudinal ridges. Measured 0.90 – 1.00 (0.94 0.04) mm in height. Before hatching it turned into bright yellow. They hatched in three days of incubation. Immediately after hatching the larvae ate its egg shell. It passed through 4 instars over a period of 10 – 12 (11.20 ±0.84) days.