Before revision:  The method is based on the formulation of the mortality as a combination of cubic splines and it is applied to the  case of Lobesia botrana, the main pest in the European vineyards, with  data collected in a location in the North of Italy .
After revision:  The method is based on the formulation of the mortality as a combination of cubic splines and it is applied to the same pest. The method is applied to the case of Lobesia botrana, the main pest in the European vineyards, with data collected in a location in the North of Italy .