Cost Effective IPM Modules for the Management of Moringa Fruit Fly, Gitolla distigma (Meigen) (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

Five IPM modules were evaluated at Nadupatti area ofDindigul District, Tamil Nadu during kharif 2006 for their effectiveness against moringa fruit fly, Gitana distigma (Meigen). Among them, suggestive module 1 (SM1) consisting of soil application of thiamethoxam 25 WG @ 200 g.a.i. ha⁻¹ on 150, 180 and 210 days after sowing, use offermented tomato in a trap, collection and destruction of fruit fly damaged fruits at weekly interval and foliar spray of spinosad 45 SC @ 56 g aj. hal and profenofos 50 EC @250 g a.i. ha'i on 165 and 195 DAS was found to be the best module in minimizing fruit damage and pupae in the soil and increasing fruit yield and cost benefit ratio.