Description Adults have distinctive white bands on brown forewings. A full grown larva has a pale body lined by rows of conspicuous black spots on its dorsal surface. Eggs are laid in small clusters of 10 to 15 on leaves, buds, and flowers. Damage Symptoms Larvae feed from inside a webbed mass of leaves, buds, and pods. Thus, Maruca is both a foliage feeder and pod borer. Control Chemical control is difficult due to larvae live in well-protected webs. However recent molecules such as indoxacarb @ 0.5ml/litre or spinosad @ 1ml/5lit may provide effective control. Remove weeds which serve as alternate hosts of this pest.