Mango leaf Webber, (Orthaga euadrusalis)
- Removal of leaf webs and burning them.
- Manual or mechanical destruction of webs with long hooked bamboo poles can curb the spread of the pest to some extent.
- Pruning infested shoots during June-July and burning them, helps in cutting down the pest population.
- Parasites like Brachyameria eascus are found to effectively control the pest.
- Raking the soil around the base of the trees in January and spraying insecticides like Chlorpyriphos at 2ml/liter of water (2500 ml in 1250 liters of water per hectare) immediately after disturbance of webs result effective management.
- Quinalphos 25 EC @ 1.5 ml/liter of water (1875ml in 1250 liters of water per hectare) or Acephate @ 1.5 gram/liter of water (1875 g in 1250 liters of water per hectare).