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Inā makemake ʻoe i ka māla mahiʻai, ua kamaʻāina paha ʻoe i ka mea hoʻoheheʻe squash vine, a i ʻole Diaphania spp. Hiki i kēia mau pests ke hoʻopau koke i kāu mau mea kanu ʻoki, waiho iā ʻoe me ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻohi. Eia nō naʻe, me kekahi mau mea pale a me ka ʻike mua ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopakele i kāu ʻōpala mai kēia mau iniseti hoʻopunipuni.
He kī nui ka pale ʻana i ka Diaphania spp. nā maʻi ʻino. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau ulu ʻana, e uhi i kāu mau mea kanu ʻōpiopio me kahi uhi lālani lana, e hoʻopaʻa paʻa i nā ʻaoʻao i mea e pale ai i nā mea ʻino mai ke komo ʻana i loko. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kanu i kāu ʻōpae ma hope o ke kau i ka pau ʻana o ke kau ʻana o nā hua makua. Eia hou, e hoʻololi i kāu mau mea kanu ʻōpala i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e like me Diaphania spp. hiki ke hoʻoilo ma ka lepo a puka hou i ka makahiki aʻe.
He mea koʻikoʻi ka ʻike mua ʻana i ka hakakā ʻana iā Diaphania spp. E ʻimi i nā lau e maloʻo ana, nā ʻōpala (ka ʻili pepeke), a i ʻole nā puka liʻiliʻi o nā kumu. Inā manaʻo ʻoe he maʻi maʻi, e ʻoki akahele i ke kumu a wehe i nā larvae āu e ʻike ai. E hōʻoia e hoʻolei iā lākou i kahi mamao loa mai kāu māla i mea e pale ai i ka reinfestation.
Ma keʻano o ka mālamaʻana, aia kekahi mau koho. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo i ka pīpī ʻana i kāu mau mea kanu me kahi solution Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), ʻo ia ka lāʻau pepeke bacteria maoli e hoʻopaʻa ai iā Diaphania spp. nā ʻōhua. Hiki i ka ʻaila Neem ke hoʻoikaika i ka pale ʻana i nā mu makua mai ke kau ʻana i kā lākou mau hua ma kāu mau mea kanu.
ʻO nā hopena o kahi Diaphania spp. hiki i ka infestation ke lilo i mea pōʻino no kāu ʻohi ʻōpala, akā me ka makaʻala a me nā hana pale, hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i kāu mau mea kanu a hauʻoli i ka hua nui.