Insect Pests of Fruit, Plantation, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops (2+1)

1. Fruit borers

1. Fruit borers - Deudorix isocrates (Lycaenidae: Lepidoptera), Achace janata (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera)

Damage

• Larvae feed on leaves and bore into developing fruits.
  
• They feed on hard green seeds and damage whole fruit.
IPM

• Collect and destroy damaged fruits.
• Spray monocrotophos 1.25 ml/l.