Biology of pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Geyer) infesting Lablab bean

The laboratory investigations on biology of pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Geyer) was carried out during the year 2012-13 at the Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Dapoli, Ratnagiri. The studies on the biology recorded that the preoviposition, oviposition and post-oviposition period lasted for 3.3, 3.3 and 1.3 days, respectively.