Management

• Removal and destruction of all the infested clumps along with the larva.
• Install light trap to monitor the pest activity in orchard.
• Installation of black Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum) leaves extract baited trap @ 2/ha at initiation of the flower bud during March to June. The trap can be prepared from 500 gm leaves in 1 lit water, grind and filter and add 2 ml dichlorvos.
• Sequential application schedule of (i) neemazol/nimbecidine @ 3 ml/lit, (ii) lamda-cyhalothrin @ 1 ml/lit and (iii) ready-mix prefenophos + cypermethrin @ 1 ml/lit at 20 days interval during peak flowering (March onwards).
• Conservation of parasitoids like Apanteles hyposidrae Wilkinson and Phanerotoma sp. nr. hendecasisella Cameron and Goniozus sp.