PESTS AND DISEASES
Caterpillars (Diacotrichia, Pingasa and Pseudoterpna) attack the flowers and young leaves. A. carambola fruit suffers
from fruit fly maggots, particularly Dacus dorsalis (Southeast Asia), and fruit-piercing moth (Othreis spp., Australia);
bagging prevents infestation. Leaf spot (Cercospora averrhoa) and pink diseases (Corticium) affect the tree in
Southeast Asia, but postharvest rots are more serious: the slightest blemish invites infection by Ceratocystis,
Colletotrichum, Dothoriella and Phomopsis fungi.