Hello Joris:

Yes, there are various study cases for insect development ( generation time) in Lobesia botrana, Eupoecila ambiguella and Ostrinia nubilis using day degrees to know the stages of development. Please check these references:

Day-degree models for predicting the generation time and flight activity of local populations of Lobesia botrana (Den. & Schiff.) (Lep., Tortricidae) in Greece

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1439-0418.2001.00594.x/abstract

European Grapevine Moth (Lobesia botrana)

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http://ipm.ucanr.edu/EXOTIC/eurograpevinemoth.html

A physiologically based approach for degree-day calculation in pest phenology models: the case of the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis Hbn.) in Northern Italy.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21725633

European corn borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) development time model [1996]

http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US9628685

Predicting Insect Development Using Degree Days

https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef123

Regards,

Luis Miguel

Yes, and there are also alternative methods.

For example. see Teixeira et al J. Econ. Entomol. 102(2): 692Ð698 (2009).

See also:  Ioriatti C, Lucchi A, Varela LG. 2012. Grape berry moths in Western European vineyards and their recent movement into the New World. In Arthropod Management in Vineyards: Pests, Approaches, and Future Directions, ed. NJ Bostanian, C Vincent, R Isaacs, pp. 339-59. New York: Springer

Thank you for your answers !

Luis I can't see links 1, 3 and 4; Except for the abstracts. How to get there ?