In Wapato, Lacey and colleagues have pitted Muscodor against the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella. In its larval stage, the pest feeds on the crop plant's leaves and tubers, tunneling deep inside the tubers until it's time to emerge and spin a cocoon elsewhere.
El cartap es un plaguicida carbamico usado a nivel mundial en el control de plagas agricolas como la polilla minadora del tomate Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) (Bezerril et al., 1992; Picanco et al., 1998; Reis & Souza, 1998), la polilla minadora de los citricos Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) (Rae et al., 1996), la polilla de la col Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) (Reddy & Guerrero, 2001; Mohan & Gujar, 2003; Ninsin, 2004) y la polilla de la papa Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) (Iannacone & Lamas, 2003 a).
The influence of food on Copidosoma koehleri (Hymentoptera: Encryritidae), and the use of flowering plants as a habitat management tool to enhance biological control of potato moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae).
Ocurrence of three different binding sites for Bacillus thuringiensis 6-endotoxin in the midgut brush border membrane of the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (teller).