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

2. Semilooper

2. Semilooper - Plusia orichalcea Fab. (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera)

Damage

• The caterpillar cuts the edges of lamina, folds it over the leaf and feed from within the leaf roll causing defoliation.
Bionomics

• The adult is stout dark brown with shiny fore wings.
  
• The larva is green the body having black warts and hump on its anal segment.