Journal of Entomological Research

Light traps were carried out at Dhangar pimpri, Shewga, Ghansawangi road point Ambad, Mahadev temple side Ambad, Tadhadgaon and Murti to record presence of fruit piercing moths. Five moth species were found piercing and damaging the fruit orchards of Citrus, Pomegranate and Papaya. Mostly collected species from these sites included Eudocima, Hypocala, Macroglossum, Achaea and Calyptra species. Among these Eudocima was abundantly responsible to fruit droppings in the orchards of citrus than other species.