• The adult feeds voraciously on buds and flowers.

Identification of the pest

• Eggs - are light yellowish in colour and cylindrical in shape.
• Larva - Young grubs are white in colour.
• Adult – Elytra are black in colour with a round orange spot and two transverse wavy   orange bands across the wings.

Management

• Manual collection or collection with insect net and killing of adults in kerosenized water appears to be the only possible solution.