A pest that could be posing a threat to mulberry production of Turkey: Glyphodes pyloalis (Walker, 1859) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Mulberry, Morus spp. (Moraceae) is naturally cultivated in Turkey, and no chemical input used during the production process. Hitherto, major and common species of insect and acari caused the economic yield and quality losses in the mulberry production have not been recorded. On the other hand, lesser mulberry snout moth, Glyphodes pyloalis (Walker, 1859) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), considered being one of the most important pests of mulberry around the world was detected in the province of Yalova in the last week of August in 2018 for the first time. Larvae of this pest caused serious damage to leaves of white mulberry (Morus alba L., 1753), black mulberry (Morus nigra L., 1753), and weeping white mulberry (Morus alba cv. ‘Pendula’) (Urticales: Moraceae) whereas it has newly just occurred. This study was conducted to determine the distribution areas of the pest, mulberry species damaged, and characteristics related to some biological stages of G. pyloalis in Marmara Region (Bursa, Yalova, Kocaeli and Sakarya provinces) between 2018 and 2019.