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First Report Of Adoxophyes Orana In Northwestern Turkey: Population Fluctuation And Damage On Different Host Plants, Bi̇lgi̇ Pehlevan, Orkun Bariş Kovanci
First Report Of Adoxophyes Orana In Northwestern Turkey: Population Fluctuation And Damage On Different Host Plants, Bi̇lgi̇ Pehlevan, Orkun Bariş Kovanci
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
This study reports the presence of the summer fruit tortrix moth, Adoxophyes orana, in pome and stone fruit orchards for the first time in northwestern Turkey. Based on growers complaints about cosmetic damage to peach and pear fruits, pheromone traps were set up in mid-April of 2009 and 2010 to monitor the occurrence of the summer fruit tortrix moth. We conducted studies in conventional apple, pear, peach, and sweet cherry orchards in Bursa, northwestern Turkey. Moths caught in pheromone traps showed a trimodal flight pattern in all orchards. However, both moth emergence time and total flight period varied among host …