An improved larval diet for commercial mass rearing of the false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Moore, Sean D; Richards, G I; Chambers, Craig B; Hendry, Donald A

Title: An improved larval diet for commercial mass rearing of the false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Creator: Moore, Sean D
Creator: Richards, G I
Creator: Chambers, Craig B
Creator: Hendry, Donald A
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2014
Date: 2014
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/452206
Identifier: vital:75111
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC150955
Description: False codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera:Tortricidae), is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa (Newton 1998). It is a pest of citrus (Newton 1998), stone fruit (Daiber 1978), macadamias (La Croix and Thindwa 1986), avocados (Erichsen and Schoeman 1992) and various other agricultural crops. All available control methods were recently reviewed by Moore and Hattingh (2012). Included amongst these is the use of granulovirus (Cryptophlebia leucotreta granulovirus (CrleGV)) sprays, inundative releases of egg parasitoids and the sterile insect technique (SIT). All of these require production of large numbers of T. leucotreta. CrleGV and the egg parasitoid, Trichogrammatoidea cryptophlebiae (Nagaraja) (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae), are produced in vivo (Moore et al. 2011) and for SIT, the sterilized adult male moth is the product (Hofmeyr et al. 2005).
Format: 4 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: African Entomology
Relation: Moore, S.D., Richards, G.I., Chambers, C. and Hendry, D., 2014. An improved larval diet for commercial mass rearing of the false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). African Entomology, 22(1), pp.216-219
Relation: African Entomology volume 22 number 1 216 219 2014 2254-8854
Rights: Publisher
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the African Entomology Statement (https://www.africanentomology.com/)

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