Two experiments were conducted during the 2002 season to investigate the utility of passive interception traps for investigation of oriental fruit moth (OFM) [Grapholita molesta (Busck)] flight behavior. Both male and female moths marked with fluorescent powder were released within a peach orchard. Marked virgin and gravid female, and male OFM were also released at a point between one peach and one apple orchard. Moths recaptured on passive interception traps were counted, examined for the presence of powder, sexed, and dissected for verification of insemination. Descriptive and inferential (parametric and nonparametric) statistics were used to analyze flight behavior.
Species 1: Lepidoptera Tortricidae Grapholita molesta (oriental fruit moth)
Keywords: dispersal, female movement
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