the egg plant fruit & shoot borer or commonly known as brinjal fruit-shoot borer is a insect species in the genus leucinodes.

it is found throughout the tropics in asia and africa. brinjal fruit & shoot borer (bfsb) is a very important pest on brinjal and is one of the main impediments to brinjal production.

it is an internal borer which damages the tender shoots and fruits.

the yield loss varies from season to season and from location to location.

it can also attack other crops such as other solanaceae (e.g. potato, tomato).

weight-0.2kg

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