Identification Symptoms
- Freshly hatched caterpillars bore into midribs of
tender leaves and come out after a couple of days to bore into tender
shoots near the growing point tunnelling downwards and throwing out the
excreta out of the entry hole.
- Damage results in
withering and drying of new terminal shoots.
- When the caterpillar
is full grown, it come out of the shoot and pupates in dried leaves, bark,
soil etc.
- Stunting of seedlings
with terminal bunchy appearance.