Plants are masters of volatile production and release not just from flower and fruits, but also from vegetative tissues. A wide variety of essential oils and their constituents possess varying degree of pest controlling properties in different combinations. The rice- moth, Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton)(Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)- an important pest of stored commodities is known for its notoriety as an important stored products pest of India and other tropical and subtropical regions of the world infesting different kind of cereals besides gram, milled products, cocoa, beans, peanuts, cotton...