- This pest mainly damages the bottle gourd crop. Caterpillars of this insect first damage the leaves of the bottle gourd plant.
- After the eggs hatch, the caterpillars make a curved web on the leaves with its silk thread and feed the leaf through the veins.
- For control of this pest use ABAMECTIN 1.9 % EC@ 150 ml/acre or SPINOSAD 45 % SC@70 ml/acre or PROFENOFOS 40 % + CYPERMETHRIN 4% EC @ 400 ml/acre
- As a biological treatment use Bavaria Basiana @ 250 gram/acre