Study of population fluctuations of Lobesia botrana (Lep.: Tortricidae) in vineyards of Kashmar region, in Khorasan Razavi province

Lobesia botrana (Lep., Tortricidae) is one of the most important pests of vineyards in Iran and the world. Sex pheromone plays an important role in tracking and controlling this pest and is inevitable to get the best time for spraying and prevent indiscriminate spraying. In this study, changes in the population density of grape-eating larvae and the peak time of insect flight in different generations of the species were investigated by installing pheromone traps in the garden of Kashmar Research Center in Khorasan Razavi province through 2020. In this study, four peak points of adult insect flight were recorded. The first flight peak was reached on April 15, and then reached the peak of the second flight with a decrease on June 3, and after this peak on July 7, the peak of the third flight occurred, and finally on September 5, the fourth peak of the flight was observed. After the last peak, due to the gradual decrease in temperature and lowering of the average temperature from the minimum thermal threshold, the flight activity of moths decreased and from mid-October onwards, the trap hunting stopped. The results also showed that the highest percentage of damage was related to the third generation and the lowest percentage of damage was related to the first generation L. botrana. It is recommended that the first specific spraying against grape clusters in the region for the second and third generations could be 5-7 days after the formation of the flight peak.