• 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 plant
• Larva: is long, pale greenish with a pinkish was dorsally, head and pro-thoracic shield brown in colour and body covered with minute hairs arising on wards.
• Pupa : Pupation takes place in lose silken coccon in larval tunnel.
• Adult: is a medium sized moth, the wings are pale yellowish with black spots on the wings.

Management:

• Spraying malathion 0.1% at 30 day intervals during July to October is effective in controlling the pest infestation.
• The spraying has to be initiated when the first symptom of pest attack is seen on the inner most leaves on the pseudostem.

Damaged leaves and larva presence on the inside stem