Symptoms of damage

• Larvae feed on leaves, flowers and buds.

Identification of the pest

• Eggs: Creamy white, spherical eggs laid singly on plant.
• Larva: Colour varies from pale greenish to brown coloured with dark brown dorsal and lateral stripes and hairs on the body.
• Pupa: Pupation in soil, leaf and crop debris.
• Adult: Stout moth, pale brownish yellow coloured body with ‘V’ shaped speck on forewings and dull black border on the hindwings.

Adult

Management:

• Follow summer ploughing to expose pupae to sunlight and bird.
• Install pheromone traps @ 5 nos./ac to monitor and kill the male moths.
• Set up light trap @ 1 / ha to attract and kill the moths.

• Spray HaNPV @ 100 LE/ac or B.t ( Bacillus thuringiensis ) @ 400 kg/ac to manage early instar larvae.
• Spray any one of the following insecticide
• Azadirachtin 1 EC (10000 ppm) 400 ml/ ac
• Chlorantraniliprole 18.5 SC @ 60 ml/ac