Odisha the area under cotton cultivation was increased from 1.36 lakh ha in the year 2016-17 to 1.45 lakh ha in the year 2017-18 whereas, the productivity was lowest (351 Kg/ha) in comparison to normal average (524 Kg/ha) (Anonymous, 2018). About 162 species of insect pests invade cotton crop in its various growth stages and cause 50-60% losses. The bollworms viz., Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner), Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) and Earias vittella (Fabricius) were major serious insect species (Puri et al.,