Leaf webber (Orthaga euadrusalis)

Symptoms

• Initially caterpillars feed on leaf surface gregariously by scrapping
• Later they make web of tender shoots and leaves together and feed within.
• Several caterpillars may be found in a single webbed up cluster of leaves
• Develpoment of infloresence is affected.

Management

• Mechanical removal of infested webs by leaf web removing device and burning them.
• Ploughing of orchard
• Pruning of overcrowded and overlapping branches.