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Potato tuber moths were found to be on the wing in Israel throughout the year, as revealed by captures in traps based on pheromone-baited caps which remained attractive to males, without replacement of the pheromone sources, for over a year.
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Yathom, S., Berlinger, M.J., Dahan, R. et al. Pheromone-baited traps as an aid in studying the phenology of the potato tuber moth,Phthorimaea operculella (Zell.), in Israel. Phytoparasitica 7, 195–197 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02981126
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