Cristina Rossi Marco Fragiacomo THE WORLD OF MOTHS Istituto Tecnico Agrario Statale

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Cristina Rossi Marco FragiacomoTHE WORLD
OF MOTHSIstituto Tecnico Agrario Statale
Giovanni BrignoliGradisca dIsonzo

• AN INSECT PEST
• THE EUROPEAN GRAPEVINE MOTH
• Lobesia botrana

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• Moth on vine leaf

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Larva on an immature bunch before flowering
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• Pupa

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Pupae overwinter in
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From April to May adults emerge, mate and
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First generation larvae feed on . Then larvae
pupate in their silky web.
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After the second flight in early July, adults
mate and . Larvae feed on . The following
generation
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SOURCES

• Internet pictures in slides 2 8
• www.sar.sardegna.it/documentazione/agro/lobesia_bo
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• www.inra.fr/internet/........../IMAGES/7032132.jpg
  
• www.inra.fr/internet/........../IMAGES/7032133.jpg
  
• www.codite.it/database_codite/......./f1_tignolett
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• www.bio-pro.de/imperia/md/images/......./taubenwic
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