%0 Journal Article
%J Pest Management Science
%D 2011
%T Mobile mating disruption of light-brown apple moths using pheromone-treated sterile Mediterranean fruit flies
%A Suckling, D M
%A Woods, B
%A Mitchell, V
%A Jang, E
%A Twidle, A
%A Lacey, I
%A Wallace, A R
%X <p>Public opposition to aerial application of sex pheromone for mating disruption of light-brown apple moth (LBAM), Epiphyas postvittana (Walk.), in California stopped its further use in the ca $74 million eradication programme in 2008, underscoring the need for other eradication tactics. It is demonstrated that pheromone-treated sterile Mediterranean fruit flies (medflies), Ceratitis capitata Wied., can disrupt communication in male moths.</p>