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MOTH BORER [5 records]

Record 1 2018-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
CONT

Ryania is a botanical insecticide made from the ground stems of Ryania speciosa, a native plant of tropical America. The principle alkaloid in this stem extract is ryanodine which makes up 0. 16-0. 2% of the product. Ryania is highly toxic to the fruit moth, coddling moth and corn earworm, European corn borer, and citrus thrips, but it is ineffective against the cabbage maggot, cauliflower worms or boll weevil.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
CONT

Ryania. Il est dérivé de Ryania speciosa, une plante originaire d'Amérique tropicale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Stalk borer. Papaipema nebris(Guen.), Family Noctuidae. The stalk borer is widely distributed east of the Rocky Mountains. Its larvae feed on a great variety of plants, especially the stalks of corn, cotton, potato, tomato, dahlia, hollyhocks, tiger lilies, tobacco, and giant ragweed. The damage is done primarily by boring and tunneling in the stalks.... The moth is fawn gray or mouse-colored, with the outer third of the fore wings paler and bordered within by a white crossline.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect of the family Noctuidae.

OBS

The Aweme borer(Papaipema aweme) is a yellowish or pinkish-brown owlet moth of medium size(about 35 mm wingspan) with dark brown markings on the forewings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte de la famille des Noctuidae.

OBS

Le perce-tige d'Aweme (Papaipema aweme) est une noctuelle jaunâtre ou rosâtre de taille moyenne (envergure d'environ 35 millimètres) avec des taches brun foncé sur les ailes antérieures.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Equipment
  • Crop Protection
OBS

Different dispensing technologies are available [...] Different dispensers have different release rates and the selection of the dispensers will depend upon the requirements of growers. In addition to hand-placed dispensers, sprayable pheromone formulations are now available for oriental fruit moth, grape berry moth, codling moth and peachtree borer.

OBS

Synthetically produced sex pheromones have been successfully used for decades to monitor insect activity patterns, and are extremely valuable tools in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel agricole
  • Protection des végétaux
OBS

Le principe de la confusion sexuelle est de saturer artificiellement l'atmosphère du vignoble en phéromones [...] ce qui va empêcher les mâles de localiser les femelles; il n'y a donc pas d'accouplement ni de pontes possibles. Si c'est cette option qui est choisie, la pose de diffuseurs doit être réalisée dès le début du premier vol [...]

OBS

S'agissant d'une lutte spécifique, il faut choisir le type de diffuseurs en fonction de l'espèce à combattre [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

A member of the family Cossidae, whose larvae bore in the wood of living trees, spoiling the timber but rarely killing the host.

OBS

Includes the bee-hole borer(Xyleutes ceramica) of Burma and the Far East, whose tunnels are termed bee-holes; the European goat moth(Cossus cossus) ;and the carpenter worm, the caterpillar of Prionoxystus robiniae, which tunnels in broadleaved trees, sometimes killing them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Chenille issue des lépidoptères, notamment de la famille des Cossidés et des Sessidés, qui prospère dans le bois des arbres vivants, endommageant de la sorte les tissus ligneux.

Spanish

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