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  MAJOR INSECT PEST OF SAPOTA 1.sapota leaf Webber 2. Bud borer 3.fruit fly  1.Sapota leaf Webber Scientific name  :- Nephopteryx eugraphella Family  :-.  Pyralidae Order:- lepidoptera , Symptoms of Damage :- Caterpillar webs and feed on  leaves Scrapping chlorophyll content    Leaves dried and hanging from the webbed shoots Caterpillar bores into flower buds and tender fruits - withered and shed. Control measures:-  Remove and destruct the infested fruits from the orchard Collect and remove the dried clusters of leaf web Insecticides: Spray phosalone 35 EC 2 ml/lit or phosphamidon 40 SL 2 ml/lit or neem seed kernel extract 5%. 2. Bud borer :- Scientific name  :- Anarsia archasella Family :- Gelichidae Order : - Lepidoptera Symptoms of damage:- Webbed flower buds Presence of bold hole on flower buds . Excreta also seen  Shedding of flower bud . Control measures :-  Collectio...