Symptoms of damage:

• Web the leaves with silken threads and feed within
• Webbed leaves become devoid of chlorophyll and dry up

Identification of pest:

• Larva: Greenish with white lines and black crescents on thorax below the lateral lines
• Adult: Small, black coloured, moth with slender body.Wings dark brown in colour with white wavy markings

Management:

• Collect and destroy affected plant parts with caterpillars
• Set up light trap @1/ha to attract and kill the adults
• Spray malathion 50 EC 1 ml/ lit