Pest of brinjal crops Brinjal / eggplant (solanum melongena L.) List of brinjal pest Fruit and Shoot Borer Jassids / Leaf Hopper Hadda Beetle Spider Mites Termites Mealybug Tobacco Cutworms Whiteflies Aphid Thrips WATCH NOW Pest Attack In Brinjal Farming 1. FRUIT AND SHOOT BORER :- Fruit and shoot borer (leucinodes orbonalis guenee). The larvae of L. Orbonalis moulted four times and thus there were five instars. Total larval development period was completed within mean duration of 12-16 days. The average life cycle of male and female was 32-35 and 35-37 days respectively. Brinjal shoot and fruit borer completes its life cycle in 19-43 days. The initial infestation of shoot and fruit borer during 4th week of august at 47 days after transplanting and peak incidence was observed during 2nd week of september after 114 days of transplanting and thereafter declined gradually with rise in temperature. Damages :- The damage to the fruits start soon after transplanting and continuou...