Cowpea pod borer (lampides boeticus , lycaenidae , lepidioptera )

Damaging stage: larvae

Damaging symptoms :

• Buds, flowers, and young pods with
• The presence of slug-like.

Identification

• Egg: light blue color si angle
• Larva: light pink color  flattened body
• Pupa: Inside the pod
• Adult: blue wings, 2 spots in each hind wing at the end tail-like hind.

Management

• Collection and destroy
• Light tra
• ETL 10% affected parts
• Deep summer ploughing in 2-3 years to eliminate quiescent
• Early sowing, short duration
• Avoid closer plant
• Bt @ 600 g, neem oil/ pungum oil 80 EC @ 2ml/lit
• Spray NSKE 5% twice followed by triazophos05%.
• Conserve green lacewing, predatory stink bugs, spiders, ants
• Application of NPV 250 LE /ha with tempol 0.1% and Jaggery 0.5% thrice at 10 – 15 days intervals commencing from the flowering stage. (Note: Insecticide / Ha NPV spray should be applied when the larvae are in early stage