Insects of the Diptera order of the Tephritidae family cause costly, annual crop losses
worldwide. Monitoring traps are important components of integrated pest management …

Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) cause losses to world fruit growing. For a fast and effective
control of the pest, it is necessary to identify the species and their populations. Thus, we …

Monitoring traps are important components of integrated pest management applied against
important fruit fly pests, including Bactrocera oleae (Gmelin) and Ceratitis capitata …

The monitoring of insect pests based on adult trapping systems is part of integrated pest
management (IPM) in many crops and of early warning detection programs used to set up …

Certain insects affect cultivations in a detrimental way. A notable case is the olive fruit fly
(Bactrocera oleae (Rossi)), that in Europe alone causes billions of euros in crop-loss/per …

The concept of remote insect surveillance at large spatial scales for many serious insect
pests of agricultural and medical importance has been introduced in a series of our papers …

We introduce the electronic funnel trap (e-funnel) of automatic monitoring for all the
Lepidoptera species with known pheromone. The e-funnels carry an optical counter that …

During the last decades, the economic importance of tephritid fruit flies (FF) has increased
worldwide because of recurrent invasions and expansions into new areas, and reduced …

Timely detection of an invasion event, or a pest outbreak, is an extremely challenging
operation of major importance for implementing management action toward eradication …

Fruit flies affect the production and market of fresh fruits and vegetables worldwide. To
minimize their effects, integrated pest management (IPM) strategies are needed. However …