The European Grapevine Moth, also known as Lobesia botrana, is a
serious pest of grapes, causing significant damage to the flowers and
berries of grapevines.
Native to southern Italy, EGVM is a pest of economic importance in
vineyards throughout Europe, northern and western Africa, the Middle
East, southern Russia, Japan, and Chile.
Studies of this moth internationally show that larvae feed primarily
on the flowers and fruit of grapes and occasionally on the flowers of
olive and rosemary. In the absence of these preferred hosts, larvae will
feed on the fruit and/or flowers of other plants located nearby, but
populations are not known to rise to
damaging levels on these plants. If infested grapevines are
completely removed, it will move over to a different plant for a short
period, but it cannot survive without grapes.
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