for all species. They can best be identified based on examination of the male genitalia. They have a very long lifecycle, lasting between one and three
chafer ( Phyllopertha horticola ). These flights are carried out by the males, who mate with females that stay close to the ground. Females start to deposit
becomes saturated with the pheromone of T. absoluta , with the result that male moths are unable to find females for mating, and hence reproduction of the
adult female is 12 mm long and is ochre-yellow with darker markings. The male is slightly smaller and slimmer, more clearly marked and lighter in colour
sucking mouth parts, but they hardly feed at all during their short life. The males are usually smaller than the females. They are not fast fliers, and prefer
legs and short antennae. Females have a black thorax and yellow abdomen. Males are slightly smaller and their abdomen is a slightly darker colour. A parasitized
varies from light yellow in the beginning to brown before adult emergence. Male and female moth are 8-9 mm long, with a wing span of 15-16 mm. Their general
shield, brown legs, and brown mouthparts. The females are larger than the males, and have a white stripe on the rear end of the body. The eggs, larvae, and
remarkably long abdomen bends upward almost vertically, with the abdomen of males often being longer than that of females. Another distinctive feature is the
ary moth The female moth has a wingspan of 36-49 mm; the wingspan of the male is 31-39 mm. Both sexes have a hairy thorax. The forewings are dull ashen-grey;
