10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 6 Issue 1 2015 (January - March) Indian lily moth lessThan i greaterThan Polytela gloriosae lessThan /i greaterThan (Fab.) (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae) is a defoliator of pink lily lessThan i greaterThan Zephyranthus grandiflora, lessThan /i greaterThan yellow lily lessThan i greaterThan Zephyranthus citrina lessThan /i greaterThan and Foot ball lily lessThan i greaterThan Scadoxus multiflorus lessThan /i greaterThan in Kolhapur, India. Under laboratory conditions (27± 1 lessThan sup greaterThan o lessThan /sup greaterThan C, 75-80% R.H. & 12 hr photoperiod) lessThan i greaterThan S. multiflorus lessThan /i greaterThan completed its life cycle from egg to adult within 17 days. Its incidence was high in the months July, August and September and completed 3 generations in the gardens on lessThan i greaterThan S. multiflorus. lessThan /i greaterThan The adult longevity of females averaged 6.8 days, oviposition days 3 days and progeny production 84.30 individuals with average sex ratio (male : female) 1:1.11. The first adult mortality was noted on 5 lessThan sup greaterThan th lessThan /sup greaterThan day. The maximum mean progeny production per day 'm lessThan sub greaterThan x lessThan /sub greaterThan ' was 18.8 on the 3 lessThan sup greaterThan rd lessThan /sup greaterThan day. The intrinsic rate of increase was found to be 0.194 per female per day and population multiplied 44.20 times in mean generation time 'T' of 19.52 days. The pest can be controlled by spraying the crop with 0.03% malathion or 0.03% Azadirachtin. A fungus lessThan i greaterThan Metarrhizium lessThan /i greaterThan sp. and a tachinid fly were found suppressing the pest population in the field. T. V. SATHE Indian lily moth Polytela gloriosae, biology, intrinsic rate of increase, control. 940-950