• 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

• Pheromone traps for Helicoverpa armigera 12/ha
• Mechanical collection of grown up larva and blister beetle
• Ha NPV 3 x1012 POB/ha in 0.1% teepol
• Apply any one of the following insectcides:
• Azadirachtin 0.03%WSP 2500-5000 g/ha
• Bacillus thuringiensis serovar kurstaki (3a,3b,3c) 5%WP 1000-
  1250 g/ha
• Emamectin benzoate 5%SG 220 g/ha
• Indoxacarb 15.8%SC 333 ml/ha
• NPV of H. armigera 2% AS 250-500
• Quinalphos 25%EC 1400 ml/ha
• Spinosad 45%SC 125-162 ml/ha
• Phosalone 0.07%(Spray fluid 625 ml/ha)
  (Note : Insecticide / Ha NPV spray should be made when the larvae are upto third instar)