Symptoms of damage:

• Scrabbing of leaves initially and defoliation

Identification of pest:

• Egg: Greenish-white, spherical and sculptured eggs laid singly on ventral surface of leaves
• Larva: Slender and green in colour with light wavy lines
• Adult: Stout, brown moth, head and thorax grey in colour, abdomen white. Forewings grey wavy in colour with a slendery-marking

Management:

• Hand pick and destroy the caterpillars
• Set up light trap @1/ha
• Spray insecticides like malathion 50EC @ 0.1% ha