Seasonal Occurrence of the Tobacco Moth, Ephestia elutella Hubner (Lepidoptera : Pyralididae).

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The tobacco moth, Ephestia elutella Hubner (Lepidoptera: Pyralididae), was first reported one of the serious of stored tobacco in Korea in 1939 (8). In recent years, tobacco moth lavae were observed infesting in all of the tobacco storage warehouses in this Country. Adults of the tobacco moth for the seasonal occurrence were studied in the three and four regions in 1981 and 1982, respectively. This species was caught from early May to late October in all regions for both years. In 1981, the first emergence peak was in late May to late at Andong, early June at Suweon and the second one in middle August in both regions. In 1982, on the other hand, there were three peak times, late May and July, and middle September. But the relate size of the peaks was different in two years; the second peak showed about 66% of the total number of tobacco moths captured in the whole year in 1981 at Suweon and 59% of those at Andong, while the first peak had 32% at Suweon and 57% at Shintanjin in 1982. This difference in relative peak sizes was discussed.