Evaluation of a lure and kill station for male codling moths (Cydia pomonella)

Codlemone has been shown to be a strong attractant for male codling moths, both when used in monitoring traps as well as in mating disruption applications. A lure and kill station was designed for use with codlemone lures that shows potential for management of codling moths in orchards. Flight tunnel assays were conducted to optimize the design and to evaluate the potential effectiveness of the design. During these flight tunnel assays an average of 83 percent of moths contacted the optimized lure and kill station. 100 percent of those moths died within 4 hours. These results indicate that this lure and kill station design has potential for controlling codling moth populations in the field.