- Title
- An improved larval diet for commercial mass rearing of the false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
- Creator
- Moore, Sean D, Richards, G I, Chambers, Craig B, Hendry, Donald A
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- 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, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Entomology, 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, 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/)
- Hits: 76
- Visitors: 81
- Downloads: 6
Collections
SDG 15. Life On Land
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
| Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Details Download | SOURCE1 | An improved larval diet for commercial mass rearing of the false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick.pdf | 143 KB | Adobe Acrobat PDF | View Details Download |