Pheromone trap Reagron Almailonca (Adoxophyes orana) basic trap

Almailonca (Adoxophyes orana)
An intermittent pest in Hungary, occurring twice a year. It can cause extensive damage in cooler summer years.

Package includes: 1 roof, 1 adhesive base, 1 dispenser

Food plant:
Polyphagous pest, mainly apples, pears, apricots and peaches

Damage:
Budworm caterpillars overwintering in bark cavities chew the inside of buds. Later, like other driftworms, the presence of chewed leaves and flowers is indicated by the presence of stewed, gnawed leaves and flowers. During the summer, the caterpillars gnaw the surface of the shrivelled leaves and especially of ripening fruit.

Life history:
Depending on the season and the weather, the first generation begins to emerge in the second half of May and peaks at the end of May or early June. The second generation is expected to fly from the second half of July, and the moths may be massed in late July or early August and continue until early September. The moths lay their shiny eggs on the fruit or on leaves near the fruit.

Advice on control:
The first caterpillars usually hatch two weeks after the start of swarming, with mass emergence 7-14 days after the peak of swarming. Chemical control is most effective before bud break, during peak swarming and mass emergence of caterpillars.

Pheromone trapping:
Traps should be set in early May. The dispenser and adhesive sheet can be changed between the two swarming events around the beginning of July.
Check traps twice a week. Count and record the number of moths trapped during the period. From the data, you can see the drawing dynamics and determine the time of intervention. If the trap captures few moths even during the empirical swarming peaks, this indicates a low infestation. In this case, by placing a few additional traps in a small area, moths can be captured and the population can be controlled without spraying, thus sparing our environment.