• Fn3Pt
  • Arvalis
  • innoplant
  • semae

Control measures

 

Recommended measures to control potato tuber moth are:

  • thorough disinfection of bags, crates and storage areas; 
  • destruction of infected tubers, crop residues and leftover potatoes;
  • use of uninfested seeds tubers; 
  • long rotations because the moth needs the potato plant to complete its life cycle;
  • deep planting with high and regular hilling to protect newly formed tubers from moth oviposition; 
  • early harvest because the infestation rate increases during the end of the growing period; 
  • applying insecticides during the growing season or prior to storage with regular moth monitoring.
Last change : 07/24/25