Cultural Management

  • Collection and destruction of fallen plant parts
  • Hand picking and destruction of grown up caterpillars
  • Natural enemies viz., egg parasitoid: Trichogramma sps; larval parasitoids: Brachymeria bengalinsis pulchellae; Elasmus indicus; Apanteles spp.; Bracon lefroyi; Microbracon recinicola; and Pupal parasitoids: Trichospilus pupivora and Xanthopimpla spp.