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Abichado (Euzophera pinguis): identification and ecological, chemical and biological treatments

Common name:

Worm-eaten fruit

Scientific name:

Euzophera pinguis

Abichado damage on plant

What is abichado (Euzophera pinguis)?

Euzophera pinguis is a lepidopteran insect from the Pyralidae family whose larvae act as borers in many crops, especially woody species such as olive trees, stone fruit trees, pome fruit trees and various vegetable crops. Its economic importance lies in the fact that the larvae penetrate shoots, branches or stems, feeding on internal tissues and causing structural weakening, reduced sap flow and production losses. Its biological cycle usually includes several generations per year depending on climate conditions; females lay eggs in bark cracks, wounds or protected plant areas, and the larvae dig galleries where they complete their development.

Under favorable conditions, this borer can cause severe damage, particularly in crops stressed by drought, heavy pruning or poor crop management. The repeated presence of galleries also favors the entry of secondary pathogens (wood fungi and opportunistic bacteria), accelerating tissue deterioration and branch dieback. Adults are discreet nocturnal moths, so detection mainly depends on monitoring damage and using pheromone traps when available.

Symptoms and damage caused by abichado

• Presence of longitudinal galleries in stems, young branches or tender shoots.
• Decline and wilting of affected branches due to interruption of sap flow.
• Sap or resin exudation at larval entry points.
• Exit holes with sawdust-like frass residues.
• Partial or complete drying of shoots.
• Reduced overall plant vigor.
• Weak sprouting or delayed vegetative growth.
• Increased susceptibility to wood infections in damaged areas.

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How abichado spreads

The transmission and spread of Euzophera pinguis occurs exclusively through the natural movement of adults and the transport of infested plant material. Adult moths fly at night and lay eggs in cracks, pruning wounds, weakened areas or soft tissues. Newly hatched larvae penetrate directly into the plant, allowing the pest to spread within the crop through repeated egg-laying on nearby plants. Over longer distances, the main route of spread is the movement of contaminated seedlings, branches or pruning material that may carry larvae hidden inside galleries. Practices that create wounds, such as pruning, mechanical injuries or water stress, strongly favor pest establishment and increase the risk of spread within the crop.

Abichado (Euzophera pinguis): chemical, ecological and biocontrol treatments

Chemical treatments against abichado

(E)-11-TETRADECEN-1-YL ACETATE 39.4%

(E)-5-DECEN-1-IL-ACETATE 0.23g/diffuser

(E)-5-DECEN-1-YL-ACETATE 23.6%

(E)-5-DECEN-1-YL-ACETATE 41.7%

(E)-5-DECEN-1-YL ACETATE

(E)-5-DECEN-1-YL ACETATE 88g/kg

(E)-5-DECEN-1-OL

(E)-5-DECEN-1-OL 0.05g/diffuser

(E)-5-DECEN-1-OL 1.5%

(E)-8-DODECEN-1-YL ACETATE 2%

(E,Z)-2,13-OCTADECADIENYL ACETATE 0.12g/diffuser

(E,Z)-2,13-OCTADECADIENYL ACETATE 75.5%

(E,Z)-3,13-OCTADECADIENYL ACETATE 0.01g/diffuser

(E,Z)-3,13-OCTADECADIENYL ACETATE 3%

(E,Z)-3,8-TETRADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE

(E,Z)-3,8-TETRADECADIEN-1-YL-ACETATE 3.1%

(E,Z)-7,9-DODECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 0.21g/diffuser

(E,Z)-7,9-DODECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 10%

(E,Z)-7,9-DODECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 2.32%

(E,Z)-7,9-DODECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 7%

(E,Z)-7,9-DODECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 75.8%

(E,Z)-7,9-DODECADIENYL ACETATE 5.17%

(E,Z)-8-DODECEN-1-YL ACETATE 96.2g/kg

(E,Z,Z)-3,8,11-TETRADECATRIEN-1-YL ACETATE

(E,Z,Z)-3,8,11-TETRADECATRIENE-1-YL-ACETATE

(Z)-11 TETRADECEN-1-YL ACETATE 39.8%

(Z)-11-HEXADECENE-1-YL ACETATE 0.03g/diffuser

(Z)-11-HEXADECENAL 1.22g/diffuser

(Z)-11-HEXADECENAL 8.9%

(Z)-11-TETRADECEN-1-YL ACETATE 11.4%

(Z)-11-TETRADECEN-1-YL ACETATE 73.4%

(Z)-13-OCTADECENAL 0.15g/diffuser

(Z)-13-OCTADECENAL 8.9%

(Z)-8-DODECEN-1-YL ACETATE 13.1%

(Z)-8-DODECEN-1-YL ACETATE 37.7%

(Z)-8-DODECEN-1-YL ACETATE 4.65%

(Z)-8-DODECEN-1-YL ACETATE 82.2%

(Z)-8-DODECENE-1-OL 0.4%

(Z)-8-DODECENE-1-OL 0.9%

(Z)-9-HEXADECENAL 0.13g/diffuser

(Z)-9-TETRADECEN-1-YL ACETATE 14.9%

(Z)-9-TETRADECEN-1-YL ACETATE 6.3%

(Z,E)-9,12-TETRADECADIENE-1-YL ACETATE 0.28g/diffuser

1-TETRADECANOL 6.9%

1-TETRADECANOL 6.9% + DODECAN-1-OL 29.2% + (E,E)-8,10-DODECADIEN-1-OL 56% (382 mg S.A./diffuser)

ABAMECTIN 0.0015% + PYRETHRINS 0.02%

ABAMECTIN 1.8%

ABAMECTIN 2.5%

ABE-IT 56 32.56%

ONION OIL

CLOVE OIL 18.5%

CLOVE OIL 20.38%

RAPESEED OIL 0.825% + PYRETHRINS 0.018%

RAPESEAL OIL 70% + PYRETHRINS 0.7%

RAPESEED OIL 82.53% + PYRETHRINS 0.459%

SUNFLOWER OIL

ORANGE OIL 6%

ORANGE OIL 60g/L

PARAFFIN OIL (CAS 64742-46-7) 79%

PARAFFIN OIL (CAS 64742-46-7) 80%

PARAFFIN OIL (CAS 8042-47-5) 20%

PARAFFIN OIL (CAS 8042-47-5) 54.6%

PARAFFIN OIL (CAS 8042-47-5) 79%

PARAFFIN OIL (CAS 97862-82-3) 40%

PARAFFIN OIL (CAS 97862-82-3) 80%

PARAFFIN OIL 83%

ACEROPHAGUS ARTELLES

ACETAMIPRID 20%

(Z)-8-DODECEN-1-YL ACETATE 0.33%

CITRIC ACID 42.7%

PHOSPHORUS ACID

Phosphonic Acid 45%

ORGANIC ACIDS 5%

ADALIA BIPUNCTATA

AKANTHOMYCES MUSCARIUS (strain Ve6) 4.8%

AMBLYDROMALUS LIMONICUS

AMBLYSEIUS ANDERSONI

AMBLYSEIUS SWIRSKII

AMETOCTRADIN 20%

AMISULBROM 20%

AMISULBROM 24%

AMISULBROM 24% + OXATIAPIPROLIN 4.8%

AMPELOMYCES QUISQUALIS 58%

ANAGYRUS FUSCIVENTRIS

ANAGYRUS PSEUDOCOCCI

ANTHOCORIS NEMORALIS

APHELINUS ABDOMINALIS

APHIDIUS COLEMANI

APHIDIUS ERVI

APHIDIUS MATRICARIAE

APHIDOLETES APHIDIMYZA

APHYTIS MELINUS

Bactrocera Oleae Attractant

CERAMBYX SP. ATTRACTOR

Ceratitis capitata attractant

ATTRACTANT FOR CERATITIS CAPITATA AND BACTROCERA OLEAE

DROSOPHILA SUZUKII ATTRACTOR

IPS SEXDENTATUS ATTRACTOR

Monochamus Galloprovincelis attractant

THAUMETOPOEA PITYOCAMPA ATTRACTANT

No authorized chemical treatments are currently available. Explore other treatment options.

Ecological treatments to control abichado

(E)-5-DECEN-1-IL-ACETATE 0.23g/diffuser

(E)-5-DECEN-1-YL-ACETATE 41.7%

(E)-5-DECEN-1-YL ACETATE

(E)-5-DECEN-1-YL ACETATE 88g/kg

(E)-5-DECEN-1-OL

(E)-5-DECEN-1-OL 0.05g/diffuser

(E,Z)-2,13-OCTADECADIENYL ACETATE 0.12g/diffuser

(E,Z)-3,13-OCTADECADIENYL ACETATE 0.01g/diffuser

(E,Z)-3,8-TETRADECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE

(E,Z)-3,8-TETRADECADIEN-1-YL-ACETATE 3.1%

(E,Z)-7,9-DODECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 0.21g/diffuser

(E,Z)-7,9-DODECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 10%

(E,Z)-7,9-DODECADIEN-1-YL ACETATE 7%

(E,Z)-7,9-DODECADIENYL ACETATE 5.17%

(E,Z)-8-DODECEN-1-YL ACETATE 96.2g/kg

(E,Z,Z)-3,8,11-TETRADECATRIEN-1-YL ACETATE

(E,Z,Z)-3,8,11-TETRADECATRIENE-1-YL-ACETATE

(Z)-11-HEXADECENE-1-YL ACETATE 0.03g/diffuser

(Z)-11-HEXADECENAL 1.22g/diffuser

(Z)-11-HEXADECENAL 8.9%

(Z)-11-TETRADECEN-1-YL ACETATE 11.4%

(Z)-13-OCTADECENAL 0.15g/diffuser

(Z)-13-OCTADECENAL 8.9%

(Z)-8-DODECEN-1-YL ACETATE 13.1%

(Z)-8-DODECEN-1-YL ACETATE 4.65%

(Z)-9-HEXADECENAL 0.13g/diffuser

(Z)-9-TETRADECEN-1-YL ACETATE 6.3%

(Z,E)-9,12-TETRADECADIENE-1-YL ACETATE 0.28g/diffuser

ABE-IT 56 32.56%

ONION OIL

CLOVE OIL 20.38%

RAPESEED OIL 0.825% + PYRETHRINS 0.018%

RAPESEAL OIL 70% + PYRETHRINS 0.7%

RAPESEED OIL 82.53% + PYRETHRINS 0.459%

SUNFLOWER OIL

ORANGE OIL 6%

ORANGE OIL 60g/L

PARAFFIN OIL (CAS 64742-46-7) 79%

PARAFFIN OIL (CAS 8042-47-5) 20%

PARAFFIN OIL (CAS 8042-47-5) 54.6%

PARAFFIN OIL (CAS 8042-47-5) 79%

PARAFFIN OIL (CAS 97862-82-3) 40%

PARAFFIN OIL (CAS 97862-82-3) 80%

PARAFFIN OIL 83%

ACEROPHAGUS ARTELLES

CITRIC ACID 42.7%

ORGANIC ACIDS 5%

Bactrocera Oleae Attractant

CERAMBYX SP. ATTRACTOR

Ceratitis capitata attractant

ATTRACTANT FOR CERATITIS CAPITATA AND BACTROCERA OLEAE

DROSOPHILA SUZUKII ATTRACTOR

IPS SEXDENTATUS ATTRACTOR

Monochamus Galloprovincelis attractant

THAUMETOPOEA PITYOCAMPA ATTRACTANT

Vespa Velutina Attractant

AZADIRACTIN 1%

AZADIRACTIN 2.6%

SULFUR 0.4% + POTASSIUM SALTS OF UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS C7-C18 & C18 1%

SULFUR 40%

SULFUR 60%

SULFUR 64%

SULFUR 70%

SULFUR 72%

SULFUR 80%

SULFUR 82.5%

SULFUR 98.5%

SULFUR 99%

Acleris rhombana (Pheromone)

Acrolepia assectella (Pheromone)

Adoxophyes orana (Pheromone)

Agrilus sp. (Pheromone)

Agriotes lineatus (Pheromone)

Agriotes obscurus (Pheromone)

Agriotes sordidus (Pheromone)

Agrotis exclamationis (Pheromone)

Agrotis fucosa (Pheromone)

Agrotis ipsilon (Pheromone)

Agrotis segetum (Pheromone)

Anarsia lineatella (Pheromone)

Anastrepha ludens (Pheromone)

Anoplophora chinensis (Pheromone)

Anoplophora glabripennis (Pheromone)

Anthonomus eugenii (Pheromone)

Aonidiella aurantii (Pheromone)

Archips argyrospilus (Pheromone)

Archips podana (Pheromone)

Argyresthia conjugella (Pheromone)

Argyrotaenia citrana (Pheromone)

Argyrotaenia pulchellana (Pheromone)

Argyrotaenia velutinana (Pheromone)

Autographa californica (Pheromone)

Autographa gamma (Pheromone)

SODIUM BICARBONATE

Bactrocera cucurbitae (Pheromone)

Bactrocera invadens (Pheromone)

Bactrocera oleae (Pheromone)

Bactrocera tryoni (Pheromone)

Bactrocera zonata (Pheromone)

Busseola fusca (Pheromone)

No authorized chemical treatments are currently available. Explore other treatment options.

Biological control of abichado (biocontrol)

ABE-IT 56 32.56%

ACEROPHAGUS ARTELLES

ADALIA BIPUNCTATA

AKANTHOMYCES MUSCARIUS (strain Ve6) 4.8%

AMBLYDROMALUS LIMONICUS

AMBLYSEIUS ANDERSONI

AMBLYSEIUS SWIRSKII

AMPELOMYCES QUISQUALIS 58%

ANAGYRUS FUSCIVENTRIS

ANAGYRUS PSEUDOCOCCI

ANTHOCORIS NEMORALIS

APHELINUS ABDOMINALIS

APHIDIUS COLEMANI

APHIDIUS ERVI

APHIDIUS MATRICARIAE

APHIDOLETES APHIDIMYZA

APHYTIS MELINUS

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS (DSM 14940 strain) 25% (2.5x10e9 CFU/g) + AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS (DSM 14941 strain) 25% (2.5x10e9 CFU/g)

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS (DSM 14940 strain) 50% (2.5x10e9 CFU/g) + AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS (DSM 14941 strain) 50% (2.5x10e9 CFU/g)

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS (strain AH2)1x10e11ufc/L

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS (strain FZB24) 13%

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS (MBI 600 strain) 11%

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS subsp. PLANTARUM (strain D747) 25%

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS subsp. PLANTARUM (strain D747) 5%

BACILLUS SUBTILIS (strain IAB/BS03) 1%

BACILLUS SUBTILIS (strain IAB/BS03)1x10e8cfu/ml

BACILLUS SUBTILIS (strain QST 713) 1.34%

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS AIZAWAI (strain ABTS-1857) 54%

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS AIZAWAI (strain GC-91) 50%

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS AIZAWAI 50%

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS ISRAELENSIS (strain AM65-52) 12.3%

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS KURSTAKI (strain ABTS-351) 13.9%

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS KURSTAKI (strain ABTS-351) 54%

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS KURSTAKI (strain ABTS-351) 64%

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS KURSTAKI (strain EG 2348) 22.6%

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS KURSTAKI (strain EG 2348) 37.5%

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS KURSTAKI (strain PB-54) 0.5%

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS KURSTAKI (strain PB-54) 17.6%

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS KURSTAKI (strain PB-54) 32%

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS KURSTAKI (strain PB-54) 9.74%

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS KURSTAKI (strain SA-11) 85%

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS KURSTAKI (strain SA-12) 18%

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA (strain 147)5x10e8ufc/g

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA (strain ATCC 74040) 2.3%

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA (GHA strain) 10.7%

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA (GHA strain) 22%

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA (strain NPP111B005)5x10e8ufc/g

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA (PPRI 5339 strain) 8%

BLAD 25%

CHRYSOPERLA CARNEA

CLONOSTACHYS ROSEA (formerly GLIOCLADIUM CATENULATUM) (strain J1446)1x10e9cfu/g

CLONOSTACHYS ROSEA (formerly GLIOCLADIUM CATENULATUM) (strain J1446)3x10e8cfu/g

CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS (strain CON/M/91-08) 5.3%

CORDYCEPS FUMOSOROSEA (strain FE 9901) 18%

CORDYCEPS FUMOSOROSEA (strain FE 9901) 9%

CRYPTOLAEMUS MONTROUZIERI

DACNUSA SIBIRICA

DELPHASTUS CATALINAE

DIGLYPHUS ISAEA

ENCARSIA FORMOSA

ENCARSIA FORMOSA 50%

EPISYRPHUS BALTEATUS

ERETMOCERUS EREMICUS

ERETMOCERUS EREMICUS 50%

EUGENOL 3.3% + GERANIOL 6.6% + THYMOL 6.6%

AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF SWEET LUPINUS ALBUS SPROUTED SEEDS 100%

TEA TREE EXTRACT 22.25%

FELTIELLA ACARISUGA

FRANKLINOTHRIPS VESPIFORMIS

GERANIOL 12.1% + THYMOL 4.1%

CYDIA POMONELLA GRANULOVIRUS (Isolate R5) 90.9%

CYDIA POMONELLA GRANULOVIRUS (Mexican isolate) 4.96%

CYDIA POMONELLA GRANULOVIRUS (Mexican isolate) 90.9%

CYDIA POMONELLA GRANULOVIRUS (strain V15)3x10e13granules/L

CYDIA POMONELLA GRANULOVIRUS (strain V22)3x10e13granules/L

HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA

HIPPODAMIA VARIEGATA

ISARIA FUMOSOROSEA (Apopka 97 strain) 20%

MACROLOPHUS PYGMAEUS

MACROLOPHUS PYGMAEUS

MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA 22.25%

METARHIZIUM BRUNNEUM (Ma 43 strain) 10.5%

BENEFICIAL MICROORGANISMS

Mycodiplosis sp. (mosquito larva)

NEOSEIULUS CALIFORNICUS

NEOSEIULUS CUCUMERIS

NESIDIOCORIS TENUIS

ORIUS LAEVIGATUS

ORIUS MAJUSCULUS

PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS (STRAIN FE 9901) (5 x 10 E8 CFU/ML)

PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS (STRAIN FE 9901) 18% (2 X 10 E9 CFU/G)

PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS

PRAON VOLUCRE

PSEUDOMONAS SP. (DSMZ 13134 strain)6.6x10e10cfu/g

PURPUREOCILLIUM LILACINUM (STRAIN 251) 21.6%

PYTHIUM OLIGANDRUM (strain M1) 17.5%

RHYZOBIUS LOPHANTHAE

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE (strain LAS02) 96.1%

STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE

STEINERNEMA FELTIAE

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Products to effectively control abichado

AFFECTED PLANTS AND CROPS

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