Spotted pod borer(maruca testulalis ,pyralidae ,lepidioptera )

Host : black gram and green gram

Damaging stage : larva Damaging symptoms :

• Entrance hole is plugged with excreta
• Larva web together the flower and feed on them.

Identification

• Egg : white egg on upper leaf surface , bud ,flower in single or cluster
• Larva: green with brown head , short dark hair and black warts in the body.
• Pupa : inside the pod
• Adult : white cross band on dark brown forewings , dark border on white hind wings .

Lifecycle

Egg–3 days–> larva–8-14 days–> Pupa –5-14 days—> Adult

Management

• Collection and destroy
• Field sanitation
• Resistance varieties
• Parsitoid : tachinidae , wasp
• Predator : lacewings ,ladybird beetle , spider , red ant , dragon fly , robber fly, reduviid bug ,praying mantids
• Azadiractin
• Bacillus thuringinesis
• Chloropyrifos 20 % EC @2ml/l