Banded Sunflower Moth

Banded sunflower moth [Lepidoptera Tortricidae] Cochylis hospes Walsingham... 

The banded sunflower moth (Cochylis hospes Wlshm. also cited as Phalonia hospes Wlshm. (Schulz, 1978)) is a relatively minor pest of sunflower that attacks the flower heads and causes seed destruction. However, damage has increased in North Dakota in recent years (Charlet et al., 1995). While the insect is also found on Jerusalem artichoke (Beregovoy and Riemann, 1987), its activity is of no economic consequence. The banded sunflower moth is found from the East Coast of the U.S. to the Dakotas, and south into Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas, as well as in Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada (Westdal, 1949). 

Beregovoy, V.H. and Riemann, J.G., Infestation phenology of sunflowers by the banded sunflower moth, Cochylis hospes (Cochylidae Lepidoptera) in the North Plains, J. Kan. Entomol. Soc., 60, 517-527, 1987. 

Charlet, L.D., Glogoza, P.A., and Brewer, G.J., Banded sunflower moth, N.D. State Univ. Coop. Ext. Serv. Bull., E-832, 1995. 

Banded sunflower moth Asana XL, Baythroid, Furadan 4F, Lorsban 4E, Scout X-TRA, Warrior... 

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