Box T Pro Press

An innovative bio-control mating disruption system for managing box tree caterpillar Diaphania perspectalis. This easy-to-use product contains a unique highly concentrated female pheromone that inhibits the ability of male moths to find a female for mating.

Box T Pro Press contains a pheromone applied directly to the box plant. By saturating the area with female pheromones the males are unable to find the females so mating and egg laying are thereby inhibited. This disrupts mating and decreases the number of defoliating caterpillars. 

Box tree caterpillar larvae only consume boxwood tree leaves, and can devour entire swaths of the tree, leading to plant mortality. Numerous generations will hatch and flourish across the season, it is therefore crucial to control the pest from the outset.

Long lasting protection
The microencapsulated formulation provides high performance diffusion, composed of vegetable oil, natural wax and pheromone ensures a controlled release for 3 months and offers an innovative approach to the protection of ornamental box.

Easy to use and store
Box T Pro Press is supplied in pouches and applied only using the special Phero-pump applicator. For use only on Boxwood (Buxus SPP) within amenity vegetation and ornamental plant production.

Box T Pro Press can be stored for 2 years between 15°C and 25°C when unopened.

Method of application

• Apply to dry plants, ensure no irrigation or rainfall expected within 24 hours.
• To be applied only through the Phero Pump. Applied in "dollops" from the special applicator on the trunk or nook of the branches. 
• A few hours after applying, the water contained in the product will evaporate, leaving a thin, scarcely-visible layer of wax.