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How to recognize and combat onion moths
Onion Moth
Insect
Type:
Risk to the plant:
INTERMEDIATE
Acrolepiopsis Assectella
Pathogen:
Polillas
WHO CAUSES IT?
Acrolepiopsis assectella is an insect known as the onion moth, which is an important pathogen for onion crops worldwide. This insect has a larval phase that feeds on the leaves and bulbs of onion, causing significant damage. Adults are small gray moths that emerge from pupae in the ground. The females lay their eggs on the leaves of onions, and the larvae burrow into the plant tissues to feed.
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SYMPTOMS
Onion moth causes noticeable damage to onion plants, which can significantly reduce the quality and quantity of the harvest. The larvae feed on leaves and bulbs, leaving tunnels and causing decay.
• Appearance of tunnels and galleries in the leaves and bulbs.
• Damaged, yellow or dry leaves.
• Bulbs perforated and with internal decomposition.
• Loss of plant vigor and decrease in production.
DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
Temperature:
18 ºC - 30°C
Humidity:
50% - 80%
HOW IS IT SPREAD?
Flight of adults, contact with infected crop residues.
HOW TO ELIMINATE IT?
Home treatments
There are no home treatments
Natural allies
Chemical treatments
There are no treatments for this disease. Treatments are directed at the insect vectors that transmit it. See insect treatments.
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