• Caterpillars prefers on light green tender leaves feeding voraciously and leaving only the mid-ribs
• Severe infestation the entire tree gets defoliated

Identification of pest

• Larva: Early stage larva resembles bird dropping. Grown up larva are cylindrical, stout, green and brown lateral bond
• Adult: Dark brown swallowtail butterfly with numerous yellow marking

Management

• Hand pick the larvae and destroy
• First instar - Spraying of 1ml DDVP (Nuvan)
• Field release of parasitoids Trichogramme evanescens and Telenomus sp on eggs of Brachymeria sp larvae and Pterolus sp pupae