8. Grasshoppers: Acrida exultata, Cyrtacanthacris tartarica,  Atractomorpha crenulata (Acrididae : Orthoptera)
These are green or brown jumping insects commonly noticed in tobacco nurseries. Feed on leaves making circular holes.

Management

• Keeping the nursery area clean, free of weeds and grass to keep away the grass hoppers.
• Spray the surrounding vegetation with chlorpyrifos 20 EC 25 ml  in 10 litres of water or dusting the area with chlorpyrifos 1.5% dust @ 40 grams per 10 sq. m. area controls the pest.