Symptoms of damage:

• Top shoots of young plants droop and wither.
• Older plants become stunted.
• Fruit bearing is affected

Identification of pest:

• Egg: Cream, scale-like
• Larva: Fully grown larva is creamy white
• Adult: Greyish brown, forewings has transverse line and hind wings are white in colour

Management:

• Collect and destroy the damaged and dead plants
• Light trap @1/ha to attract and kill adults
• Spray neem oil 2ml/lit  
• Avoid using synthetic pyrethriods causing resurgence