Life cycle

The adults are being active at night. The females mate several times and lay 300-3000 eggs during their lifetime. The eggs are laid singly on stems, leaves, and fruit. The hatching larvae eat the grains and reach a length of 40 mm, then larvae go under to the soil and converting to the pupa stage (10 to 15 days) then the pupa becomes to adult and comeback in their favorable condition from soil. In summer the pest develops in 25-40 days, in the cold season within 6-7 months. In the Middle East the pest completes 4-5 annual generations, some of which overlap. This pest may migrate over long distances, borne by winds

Pest Identification

It is a Stout-bodied moth of typical noted appearance, size and colour of moths are variable. Body length is 1220 mm, wing span 30-40 mm. Female forewings are orange-brown; males have lighter, greenish-gray wings. Dark band is situated between external transversal and sub-marginal lines. Transversal lines, sub-marginal line and reniform spot are diffused. Hind-wings are lighter, pale-yellow, with brown band before external edge; dark round spot is situated in the middle of wing.Helco Lure Its Best Way to Control damages of Soybean and tomato. Insect are damages to fruits. Helco lure will control the damages and save fruits. Helco lure reduce the cost and burden of unnecessary spraying of pesticides, which in return reduces our environment from contaminating. Due to low pesticide residue the produce meets the demand in export markets and gives profitability to the growers.