The present protocol describes the rearing method of tortricid pest insects in the laboratories. The procedures to distinguish insects' sex and extract nucleic acids for high throughput sequencing are established using two tortricid pests.
Arai, H., Ishitsubo, Y., Nakai, M., Inoue, M. N. Mass-Rearing and Molecular Studies in Tortricidae Pest Insects. J. Vis. Exp. (181), e63737, doi:10.3791/63737 (2022).