“…Ahuja and Bakhetia (1995) documented 65 insect pests and one species of mite. Among various insect pests viz., leaf roller and capsule borer, Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel); Jassid, Orosius albicinctus (Distant); whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), mirid bug, Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter), til hawk moth, Acherontia styx (Westwood); Bihar hairy caterpillar, Diacrisia obliqua (Walker); sesame gall fly, Asphondylia sesami (Felt) are the key pests of regular occurrence (Sasikumar and Sardana, 1988;Nath et al, 2002;Ahirwar et al, 2009;Biswas and Das, 2011;Thangjam and Vastrad, 2015). Nymphs and adults of O. albicinctus and B. tabaci suck the plant sap in addition to transmitting phyllody and leaf curl diseases ; A. catalaunalis is the most serious pest causing yield losses of up to 90% (Ahuja and Bakhetia, 1995).…”