• Caterpillar feed on the leaves
• Defoliation

Identification of the pest

• Larva is blackish brown, striped with six tentacles, two near the anterior and posterior ends
• Adult is black butterfly with a series of white spots on the margin of the wing.

Management

• Hand picking and destruction of caterpillar
• Alternate Cropping
• Spray phosalone 35 EC 1 ml/lit
• Encourage predatory birds by erecting bird perches.