author(s)
T Naresh, A Ramakrishna Rao, T Murali Krishna, K Devaki, S Khayum Ahammed and P Sumathi

abstract
Seasonal incidence of A. modicella in groundnut was studied during rabi, 2015-16 at S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati in two groundnut varieties i.e., Dharani and Kadiri-6 (K6). The results indicated that, the D₃ (December second fortnight) and D₄ (January first fortnight) sown groundnut crop, foliar damage due to leaf miner was high when compare with D₁ (November second fortnight) and D₂ (December first fortnight) sown crops during 6^th standard week to 11^th standard week of 2016.Weather parameters like wind speed showed a positive association with leaf miner incidence in terms of foliar damage and maximum temperature, minimum temperature showed a positive association with leaf miner incidence in D₂, D₃, D₄ showed a negative association in D_1. All the six weather parameters combinedly influenced the damage to the extent of 56 per cent (R²=0.566), 56 (R²=0.564) in D₁ and58 per cent (R²=0.583), 48 percent (R²=0.482) in D₂, 79 per cent (R²=0.79), 75 per cent (R²=0.75) in D₃ and in D₄ sown crop all the weather parameters were influenced the damage up to 66 and 69 per cent (R²= 0.66 and 0.69) in Dharani and K-6 respectively.