First, you need to collect males and females to start a breeding stock. Collect fruits of nectarine and peach infested by the Oriental fruit moth Grapholita molesta. Place them on a tray with soil in the bottom. The larvae once they finish the cycle, they pupate on the ground. Then place the pupae in a hatching cage to get the adults so that they can mate and lay eggs. The larvae can be raised in artificial diet as in the annexed article. Good luck.
First, you need to collect males and females to start a breeding stock. Collect fruits of nectarine and peach infested by the Oriental fruit moth Grapholita molesta. Place them on a tray with soil in the bottom. The larvae once they finish the cycle, they pupate on the ground. Then place the pupae in a hatching cage to get the adults so that they can mate and lay eggs. The larvae can be raised in artificial diet as in the annexed article. Good luck.
Maybe I can try also to collect infesred peach twigs early in the season, because first generation larvae bore tunnels in tender twigs causing twig die-back, and put the twigs on the tray with soil?
Greetings Charles, I have looked at the paper that you suggested (Vetter et al (1989) J. Econ. Entomol. Mass Rearing of the Oriental Fruit Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and I will try with that diet. It is of great help to me.