Pest Species
Thaumatotibia leucotreta
False Codling Moth
South Africa
Northern Cape
Control Measure
Synopsis
- 2002 Sterile Insect Technique program initiated
- 2005 First releases of irradiated T. leucotreta
- 2006, the private company Xsit (Pty) Ltd. was established to manage
production, sterilization, and release of sterile T. leucotreta in the Citrusdal
region. - 2018 Xsit provided sterile insects on a weekly basis to cover more than 18 000
ha
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The suppression of the False Codling Moth in South Africa using an AW-IPM approach with a SIT component
Tags: Africa, Genetic biocontrol, Sterile insect technique (SIT)N. Boersma, AREA-WIDE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT: Development and Field Application, 2021.
The false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is native to subSaharan Africa, where it infests various commercial, and wild, fruit-bearing plants. This major pest is not present in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and therefore has ...
