• Caterpillar bores into the stem or branches to feed on the wood.
• In early stages of attack, young plants or braches show wilting.
• Pellet-like excrement of the larva hangs out and accumulates at the base of the plant.
• In advanced cases, the branch dries up.

Identification of the pest

• Adult - orange colour, medium sized moth with spotted wings.

• Affected plants or twigs - cut and burnt.
• Field release of white muscardine fungus B. bassiana and braconid parasite Amyosoma zeuzerae for control of the red borer