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  2. Phereoeca uterella - Wikipedia

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    Phereoeca uterella, known by the vernacular names plaster bagworm [a] and household casebearer [b], is a moth species in family Tineidae. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] It occurs in tropical climates, where it is common in houses, and is presumed native to the Neotropical realm . [ 4 ]

  3. Moth trap - Wikipedia

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    A commercially produced Robinson trap. Moth traps are devices used for capturing moths for scientific research or domestic pest control.. Entomologists use moth traps to study moth populations, behavior, distribution, and role in ecosystems, contributing to biodiversity conservation and ecological monitoring efforts.

  4. Grapeleaf skeletonizer - Wikipedia

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    The grapeleaf skeletonizer (Harrisina americana) is a moth in the family Zygaenidae.It is widespread in the eastern half of the United States, [1] and commonly noticed defoliating grapes, especially of the Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia).

  5. Mating disruption - Wikipedia

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    Mating disruption (MD) is a pest management technique designed to control certain insect pests by introducing artificial stimuli that confuse the individuals and disrupt mate localization and/or courtship, thus preventing mating and blocking the reproductive cycle.

  6. Insect pheromones - Wikipedia

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    The agriculture and forestry industries use insect pheromones commercially in pest control using insect traps to prevent egg laying and in practicing the mating disruption. It is expected that insect pheromones can also contribute in this way to the control of insect-borne infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue fever or African ...

  7. Fall webworm - Wikipedia

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    The moth is native to North America, ranging from Canada to Mexico and has been introduced into other continents. [3] Introduced to what was formerly Yugoslavia in the 1940s (firstly recorded in 1949 [4]), it now has occupied probably its entire range in Europe from France to the Caspian Sea in the east as well as penetrated into Central Asia: Turkmenistan (from 1990 to 1993), Uzbekistan ...

  8. Cactoblastis cactorum - Wikipedia

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    Cactoblastis cactorum, the cactus moth, South American cactus moth or nopal moth, is native to Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil. It is one of five species in the genus Cactoblastis that inhabit South America , where many parasitoids , predators and pathogens control the expansion of the moths' population.

  9. Cabbage looper - Wikipedia

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    Moths unfamiliar with a host plant will avoid ovipositing on that plant and instead preferentially oviposit on a familiar host, even if the familiar host produces unappetizing chemicals. This demonstrates that larvae and moths develop host preferences and that the species is slow to determine whether a plant chemical is toxic, given that the ...