Lemongrass essential oil and its components cause effects on survival, locomotion, ingestion, and histological changes of the midgut in <i>Anticarsia gemmatalis</i> caterpillars

Anticarsia gemmatalis caterpillar is controlled with synthetic insecticides, which cause environmental pollution and insect resistance, new compounds low impact, need to be investigated. Toxicity, survival, locomotion, feeding, midgut histopathology of A. caterpillars exposed lemongrass essential oil (LEO) its components (citral geranyl acetate) were The are toxic survival decreasing according concentration. decrease respiration rate, repellency responses histopathological effects in the digestive globet cells. These findings suggest that these can alternatives chemical insecticides control this insect.