• Caterpillar webbing of terminal leaves and scrapes the chlorophyll content
• Drying up plants.

Identification of pest

• Larva - Pale greenish with brown head and prothroacic shield.
• Adult - Brown moth with wavy lines on fore wings.

Management

• Remove and destroy the webbed leaves along with larva and pupa
• Spray carbaryl at 50 WP @ 0.1%          
• Encourage the activity of predators, carabid beetle Parena lacticincta, reduvid Oecama sp