Screening Aids
The following screening aids are designed for use in domestic surveys (using pheromone traps) for adult tortricid moths. These species are commonly included in the USDA's Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Program.
Adoxophyes orana (summer fruit tortrix) adult screening aid
Archips xylosteana (variegated golden tortrix) adult screening aid
Epiphyas postvittana (light brown apple moth - LBAM) adult screening aid
Eupoecilia ambiguella (European grape berry moth) adult screening aid
Lobesia botrana (European grape vine moth - EGVM) adult screening aid
Thaumatotibia leucotreta (false codling moth - FCM) adult screening aid
Tortricid Identification Guides
The following identification guide is designed for use in domestic surveys for adult tortricid moths.
Guide to identifying Grapholita from CAPS traps in the eastern United States (one page).
Tortricid Larval Keys
The following resources are designed to be used by larval identifiers working at United States ports of entry:
Key to larval Tortricidae intercepted, or potentially encountered, at United States ports of entry (LepIntercept edition)
Tools for identifying the larvae of leafrollers (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) frequently intercepted at United States ports of entry (J. W. Brown, 2011)
LepIntercept: An identification resource for intercepted Lepidoptera larvae
Tortricid.net
Tortricid.net is the largest repository of tortricid information on the internet. Includes resources such as the Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae and the Food Plant Database for the Leafrollers of the World.
Tortricid publications
The following publications are a result of collaboration between the authors of TortID and other individuals and institutions during work on TortID or LBAM ID. Specific persons are listed in the Acknowledgments.
Gilligan, T. M., J. W. Brown & M. S. Hoddle. 2011. A new avocado pest in Central America (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with a key to Lepidoptera larvae threatening avocados in California. Zootaxa. 3137: 31-45.
Gilligan, T. M., M. E. Epstein, S. C. Passoa, J. A. Powell, O. C. Sage and J. W. Brown. 2011. Discovery of
Lobesia botrana ([Denis & Schiffermuller]) in California: an invasive species new to North America (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 113(1): 14-30.
Barr, N. B., L. A. Ledezma, R. E. Farris, M. E. Epstein and T. M. Gilligan. 2011. A multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assay to diagnose
Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 104(5): 1706-1719.
Tooman, L. K., C. J. Rose, C. Carraher, D. M. Suckling, S. R. Paquette, L. A. Ledezma, T. M. Gilligan, M. Epstein, N. B. Barr and R. D. Newcomb. 2011. Patterns of mitochondrial haplotype diversity in the invasive pest
Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 104(3): 920-932.
Gilligan, T. M., M. E. Epstein and K. M. Hoffman. 2011. Discovery of false codling moth,
Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick), in California (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 113(4): 426-435.
Gilligan, T. M. and M. E. Epstein. 2011. The European grape vine moth not found in California:
Eupoecilia ambiguella (Hubner), pp. 32-34. In Plant Pest Diagnostics Center Annual Report 2010. California Department of Agriculture, Sacaramento, CA.
Brown, J. W., M. E. Epstein, T. M. Gilligan, S. Passoa and J. A. Powell. 2010. Biology, identification, and history of the light brown apple moth,
Epiphyas postvittana (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae:
Archipini) in California: an example of the importance of local faunal surveys to document the establishment of exotic insects. American Entomologist. 56(1): 34-43.
Barr, N. B., L. A. Ledezma, J. D. Vasquez, M. E. Epstein, P. H. Kerr, S. Kinnee, O. Sage and T. M. Gilligan. 2009. Molecular identification of the light brown apple moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in California using a polymerase chain reaction assay of the internal transcribed spacer 2 locus. Journal of Economic Entomology. 102(6): 2333-2342.
