In external appearance " P . australiana " is indistinguishable from " Plutella xylostella ".
It is being developed for use in diamondback moth ( " Plutella xylostella ), " medfly and olive fly.
In contrast, the diamondback moth ( " Plutella xylostella " ) possesses a completely different protein, glucosinolate sulfatase, which desulfates glucosinolates, thereby making them unfit for degradation to toxic products by myrosinase.
The diamondback moth ( " Plutella xylostella " ) and the cabbage moth ( " Mamestra brassicae " ) thrive in the higher summer temperatures of continental Europe, where they cause considerable damage to cabbage crops.
Mixed with phoxim, cypermethrin, beta-cypermethrin imidacloprid and deltamethrin, profenofos can be used against Cotton MealyBug, cabbage caterpillar, " Plutella xylostella " and asparagus caterpillars, as well as against wheat and cabbage aphids.
Use of Photorhabdus species alone as biopesticide, independent of its nematode symbiont, against the cabbage white butterfly, " Pieris brassicae ", mango mealy bug, " Drosicha mangiferae " and the pupae of the diamond back moth, " Plutella xylostella " has been demonstrated successful.