RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHEROMONE TRAP CAPTURE AND EMERGENCE OF ADULT ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTHS, GRAPHOLITHA MOLESTA (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)

Abstract

AbstractPheromone trap capture of feral male Oriental fruit moths was highly correlated with capture of males emerging from ground litter in the spring of 1977 and 1978. The correlation between pheromone trap capture of males and female emergence was also good in 1978 but poor in 1977. It is concluded that pheromone monitoring traps are an accurate measure of the actual spring adult emergence pattern of this species.