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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3
Keywords
Insect pests, Potato moth, Gnorimoschema operculella Zell.
Disciplines
Entomology
First Page Number
653
Last Page Number
656
ISSN
0021-8618
Abstract
THE potato moth, Gnorimoschema operculella Zell., is almost world-wide in its distribution and can cause considerable damage to both potato crops and stored potatoes. The adult insect is a small inconspicuous, grey moth. The caterpillars cause the damage and they are, when fully grown, about half an inch long and pale greenish white in colour. They eat into the leaf and feed between the leaf surfaces and even work down the leaf stalks into the stems. Tubers may be damaged in the ground by caterpillars entering through cracks in the soil.
Recommended Citation
Button, J. A. and Koch, L. E.
(1959)
"Insect pest and their control - Potato moth control,"
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3: Vol. 8:
No.
6, Article 5.
Available at:
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture3/vol8/iss6/5