EPPO Global Database

Garella musculana(ERSHMU)

Distribution details in India (Jammu & Kashmir)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/008) : first record published in 2011. Found in Kashmir valley.
References
* Gull S, Khanday AL, Ahmad T, Buhroo AA (2019) A survey of some insect pests associated with Juglans regia L.(Juglandaceae) from Kashmir, India. Journal of Zoological Research.3(2), 1-7.
------- Detected during surveys in 2017.

* Khan SA, Lone IU, Malik SH, Bhatia S, Bhat DM (2023) Biology and damage of Asian walnut moth, Garella musculana (Lepidoptera: Nolidae), a major insect pest of Juglans regia in Kashmir Himalaya. Journal of the Entomological Society of Iran 43(2), 123-134.
------- Severe damage on Juglans regia in the Budgam and Kupwara districts. The pest has only one generation per year in this area.

* Khan ZH, Ramamurthy VV, Dar Mudasir A, Raina RH (2011) The Asian walnut moth Erschoviella musculana Erschoff, 1874 (Nolidae: Lepidoptera) A new pest of walnut for Kashmir Valley of J&K, India. Indian Horticulture Journal 1(1), 55-56 (abst.). http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ihj1&volume=1&issue=1&article=014 (published online in 2013).