**5.2 Castor**

#### *5.2.1 Important pests*

Tobacco caterpillar (*S. litura*), castor semilooper (*Achaea janata*), shoot and capsule borer (*Conogethes (Dichocrocis) punctiferalis*), red headed hairy caterpillar (*Amsacta albistriga, A. mooreii*), Bihar hairy caterpillar (Spilosoma obliqua), whitefly (*Trialeurodes ricini*), thrips (*Retithrips siriacus, S. dorsalis*), hairy caterpillars (*Euproctis fraternal*), castor spiny caterpillar (*Ergolis merione*), castor slug (*Parasa lepida*).
