Symptoms of damage : Leaves become rolled up Turn pale and gradually dry-up Identification of pest: Adult is with fringed wings Management: Spray insecticides like quinalphos 0.025% or phosalone 0.07%

Symptoms of damage : Leaves become folded or rolled longitudinally Complete defoliation Larva: is smooth green with black head Adult It is brownish black butterfly Forewing : has a white spots Hind wing: has a large white patch Management: A spray with carbary

Field infestation Field infestation Plants look devitalized, pale and withered before drying completely. In such cases at the time of harvest minute yellowish crawlers can be seen moving in large numbers and this is the potential stage of dissemination. Plants

Yellowing and drying of leaves of infested pseudostems. The presence of a bore-hole on the pseudostem through which frass is extruded and the withered and yellow central shoot Egg : is pink, oval, flat and lays singly or in group on the tender part of the plan