Українська ентомофауністика 2018, 9(1) : 1–2 Дата публікації: 4.10.2018 Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka 2018 9(1) ISSN 2078–9653 FIRST RECORD OF GARLIC MOTH DYSPESSA ULULA (LEPIDOPTERA: COSSIDAE) IN ALLIUM SATIVUM CULTIVATION IN THE PELOPONNESE AREA (GREECE) S. Mantzoukas & E. Karanastasi Department of Agricultural Technology, Technological Institute of Western Greece, Amaliada, Greece E-mail: sdmantzoukas1979@gmail.com Mantzoukas, S. & Karanastasi, E. First record of garlic moth Dyspessa ulula (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) at Allium sativum cultivation in the Peloponnese area (Greece). Summary. Garlic moth Dyspessa ulula (Borkhausen, 1790) detected in an experimental cultivation in the prefecture of Ilia, Western Greece is recorded for the first time in this part of the country. Key words: Cossidae, garlic moth, Dyspessa ulula, Allium sativum, Ilia, Greece. Манцукас, С. і Каранастазі, Е. Перша знахідка часникової червиці Dyspessa ulula (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) на полях Allium sativum в районі Пелопоннеса (Греція). Резюме. Часникова червиця (Borkhausen, 1790) знайдена на експериментальних полях у префектурі Ілія, Західна Греція, вперше зареєстрована у цій частині країни. Ключові слова: Cossidae, часникова червиця, Dyspessa ulula, Allium sativum, Іліа, Греція. Material and Methods The material was collected in experimental garlic fields in Ilia from the mid-May to the end of July. Larvae were obtained from infested garlic bulbs and the moths were collected at the Osram 160W mixed light and a black light bulb with a generator (Yakolvev, 2004; 2005; 2006; Saldaitis, Yakolvev & Ivinskis, 2007). Plants were examined for garlic moth larvae infection (D. ulula) twice per year. The genitalia slides studied using MBI-3 stereoscope and images were taken with a Nikon D-90 camera. Results and discussion The symptoms appear when larvae start developing within the bulb of the garlic. Some outer layers of affected garlic bulbs have yellow-brownish coloring (Fig. 1a). Garlic bulbs with signs of brownish dry rot, may be Introduction In the recent years, the cultivation of garlic in Greece shows a tendency to increase. In 2017, garlic cultivation spread over 1250 hectares with a total production volume of 9,700 tons. It is very important to make a 3–4 year crop- rotation and to avoid planting garlic in the same plot that had previously been used for root vegetables, because bulb infections and stem nematodes can also damage it. Moreover, other Allium species should not be planted in the same plot that had previously been used for garlic because of the risk from same pests and diseases (Beshkov, 2017). The garlic moth, Dyspessa ulula (Borkhausen, 1790), larvae, which enter the plant from the soil, damage the interior of the bulb by creating caverns. In Coustis & Ghavalas (2001) as well as in Hacker (1989); Stojanovic & Curcic (2011) and Beshkov & Nahirnic (2016), no geographical zones were specified for this moth in Greece. This experimental cultivation was aimed to detect the presence of garlic moth in Ilia, Western Greece.