Pest:Icerya purchasi, cottony cushion scales!

Major host:Citrus 

Occasional host:Rose 

Location:Manthali,Ramechhap 

And is well controlled biologically by the predatory vedalia

beetle, Rodolia cardinalis.

Apart from feeding the sap it secrets honey dew and attracts ants. 😊

It is a serious agricultural pest that causes heavy economic loss!!

P.S.It's the same pest that devastated citrus industry in California long ago.

Photo:By me