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

2. Hairy caterpillar Eupterote canaraica M-, E.fabia Cram. (Bombycidae: Lepidoptera)

Damage

• It causes defoliation
Bionomics

• See under cardamom.
Management

• Collect and destroy the caterpillars and pupae from January - March. Set up
• light traps in June - July to attract and kill the moths.
• Spray Dimethoate 0.03 % or fenitrothion 50 EC 240 ml along with one litre of emulsified oil of 1 kg of fish oil rosin soap in 200 litres of water.