spodoptera littoralis is an extremely serious pest, the larvae of which can defoliate many economically important crops cutting across over 40 families, such crop includes cotton and tomatoes EPPO, the insect is very prolific pest whose female lays hundreds of eggs in egg masses, and the larvae pass through six instars in 15 to 23 days Miyahara et al., many insecticides have been tested against this pest Haas Eco-friendly formulations pesticides became the target Bulmer et al., , zhang and Xiao-zhen, and Cloyd and Bethke