Host Crop: Brinjal
Pest Identification : leucinodes orbonalis
Brinjal Fruit And Shoot Borer (BFSB) is a very dangerous pest of brinjal. It not only reduces the yield by making holes in the shoot as well as in fruits bust also reduces the aesthetic value of the frits so loss gets doubled. It is a monophagous pest that feeds the only brinjal. The normal control measure like spraying of pesticide does not solve the problem instead of making the endowment polluted, ecological disturbance, and vegetable poisoning .
The Adults Is a grayish-brown moth with a wing. The Fore And Wings are provided with marginal hairs and bears pinkish-brown spots the above size 20 mm across the spared wings.