Identification of the pest
- Adult moth sucks the sap from fruits by making puncture
- Adult: Otheris materna
Management
- Removal of weed plants Tinospora cardifolia Cocculus pendules
- Destruction of fallen and decayed fruits.
- Smoking
- Collection of moths at evening by hand nets
- Collection of semiloopers from the weeds and creepers
- Use light trap
- Destruction in kerosenised water below such light
- Tinospora cardifolia
- Cocculus pendules
Male
Female