Symptoms of damage Caterpillar bores into young fruits Feeds on internal contents (pulp and seeds) Identification of pest

• Caterpillar bores into young fruits
• Feeds on internal contents (pulp and seeds)

• Larvae - dark brown, short and stout, covered with short hairs
• Adult - blusih brown butterfly. Female – V shaped patch on forewing

Management

• Collect and destroy damaged fruits
• Clean cultivation as weed plants serve as alternate hosts
• Use light trap @ 1/ ha to monitor the activity of adults
• Insecticides: malathion 50 EC 0.1% two rounds, one at flower formation and next at fruit set.