Gallery Worm (Elasmopalpus jasminophagus)

Symptoms

• Web together the terminal leaves, shoots and flower heads and feed on them.
• Faecal matter is seen attached to the silken web.

Management

• Rake the soil during the off season to expose the pupae Set up light trap during the peak emergence of adult moths.
• Collect the damaged pinkish flowers once in a week and destroy to arrest further multiplication.
• Spray Neem Seed Kernel Extract (50 gram/litre of water).
• Conserve larval parasitoids (Perilampus sp, Phanerotoma sp and Mesochrous sp.)