“…Any pest management program should be based on adequate knowledge on ecological aspects of concerned pest and of factors that is host plants, climatic conditions etc, responsible for change in status of key pest (Southwood, 1978;Bonato et al, 2007). Life parameters have been observed on more than 50 host plants (Naranjo et al, 2010), also in last few decades, a number of studies have been conducted, describing host suitability on various host plants (Carabali et al, 2010;Kakimoto et al, 2007;Bayhan et al, 2006;Samih, 2005;Samih et al, 2003a, b;Chang-Chi et al, 1995;Bethke et al, 1991;Costa et al, 1991a;Sharaf et al, 1985) but none of the studies have included four vegetables viz., Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.), chili (Capsicum annuum L.), tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) and okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench).…”