Leaf webber or Chichoo moth: Nephopteyrx eugraphella 

Symptoms of damage

Caterpillar webs and feed on  leaves Scrapping chlorophyll content   Leaves dried and hanging from the webbed shoots Caterpillar bores into flower buds and tender fruits - withered and shed.

Identification of pest

Egg - pale yellow colour, oval shaped Larva - pinkish in colour, brown stripes on each side of the body. Adult - Greyish moth with brown or black spot on the fore wing Symptom Adult

Management

Remove and destruct the infested fruits from the orchard Collect and remove the dried clusters of leaf web Insecticides: Spray phosalone 35 EC 2 ml/lit or phosphamidon 40 SL 2 ml/lit or neem seed kernel extract 5 %.