Identification of pest:

• Egg: Masses appear golden brown
• Larva: Pale greenish with dark markings, gregarious in the early stages
• Adult: Brownish in colour, Forewings are brown colour with wavy white marking, Hind wings are white colour with a brown patch along the margin

Management:

• Grow castor as trap crop. Collect and destroy egg masses and early instar larvae
• Set up pheromone traps @ 12/ha.
• Spray SlNPV 1.5 x 1012 POBs/ha
• Spray Azadirachtin 1.0 % EC (10000 ppm) 2.0 ml/ lit. or apply Bacillus thuringiensis 2g/lit. during evening hours.
• Plough the soil to expose and kill the pupae
• Grow castor along border and irrigation channel as trap crop
• Set up light trap @1/ha
• Pheromone traps (Pherodin SL) @15/ ha to attract male moths
• Collect and destroy egg masses in castor and tomato
• Hand pick grown up larvae and kill them
• Spray Sl NPV @ 1.5 X 10¹² POBs / ha+2.5 Kg crude sugar+0.1 % teepol
• Poison bait: Rice bran 5 Kg + Molasses or Brown sugar 500g + Carbaryl 50 WP 500g+ 3lit of water/ha. Mix the ingredients well and are kept around the field in the evening hours
• Spray chlorpyriphos 20 EC 2 lit/ha or dichlorovos 76 WSC 1 lit/ha