Symptoms of damage:

• Damage to complete defoliation

Identification of the pest:

Achoea janata:

• Larva: semilooper with varying shades of colour with black head. Abdomen has a red spot on the third abdominal segment and red tubercules in the anal region
• Adult: pale reddish brown moth with hind wing having white spot in the middle and three large white spots on the outer margin

Paralellia algira:

• Larva: semilooper, olive grey colour with numerous longitudinal lines
• Adult: Forewings are white in colour with suffused band beyond it, Hind wing has white median band, the outer margin grey at centre

Management:

• Spray any one of the following insecticides thrice from flowering at three weeks interval Apply neem seed kernel extract 5%+Neem oil 2%

• Apply neem seed kernel extract 5%+Neem oil 2%