“…In recent years, consider-Correspondence: Pasquale Trematerra, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, Via De Sanctis, 86100 Campobasso, Italy. Tel: +390874404655; fax: +390874404855; email: trema@unimol.it able progress has been made in pest monitoring and also in the control of stored-product insects by mass-trapping, attracticide methods, mating disruption (MD) and autoconfusion methods (e.g., Phillips et al, 2000;Trematerra, 2002Trematerra, , 2012Cox, 2004;Anderbrant et al, 2007;Burks et al, 2011;Savoldelli & Trematerra, 2011;Plarre, 2013;Trematerra et al, 2011;Campos & Phillips, 2014).…”