Chichoo moth or Leaf webber

Chichoo moth or Leaf webber: 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 forewing.

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
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