The trunk of Lagerstroemia indica is painted white.

Lagerstroemia indica, also known as pomegranate tapetum, has two generations at 1 and overwinters as eggs or nymphs. Harm crape myrtle, pomegranate and other flowers and trees, nymphs and female adults parasitize on plant branches, stems and bud axils and suck juice.

1 horticultural control combined with plastic pruning in winter can remove branches with serious pests and overwintering status.

Spraying Pomei 3-5 degree sulfur mixture before germination in early spring can kill overwintering nymphs. In the growing season of seedlings, if we want to use this pesticide in the incubation period, we can choose to spray 1500 times of 40% Zygorskite EC, 1200 times of 48% chlorpyrifos EC (Lesburn), or 1000 times of 40% omethoate EC, or