He graduated in Agricultural Sciences at the University of Milano. He was associated professor at the University of Tuscia and at the University of Molise. From 2001 is full professor in General and applied entomology at the University of Molise. In 2024 he received title of Professor emeritus. He has held numerous institutional roles as rector delegate, member of university board of directors, coordinator of PhD courses and Doctoral School in Plant production and protection. He serves as expert in national and international institutions.

He is editorial board member of: Bulletin of Entomological Research; Crop Protection; Frontiers in Chemical Ecology; Journal of Applied Entomology; Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research; Journal of Stored Products Research; Insects; Plants, Scientific Reports. He serves as reviewer for many other reputed international journals.

Research interest: biology and ecology of insect pests; application of new methods in the integrated pest management; stored product protection; faunistic and systematic of Lepidoptera Tortricidae.

He has numerous collaborations, is currently involved in national and international research projects. He published more than 500 works, many on reputed international journals.

Boobs, among others:

Trematerra P., Süss L., 2007 – Prontuario di entomologia merceologica e urbana. Con note morfologiche, biologiche e di gestione delle infestazioni – Aracne Editrice, Roma: 1-160.

Trematerra P., 2016 – Entomologia urbana applicata. Animali infestanti o molesti e loro gestione. – Aracne editrice int.le S.r.l., Ariccia: 1-189.

Papers, among others:

Trematerra P., Pinniger D., 2018 – Museum Pests – Cultural Heritage Pests. In, Athanassiou G.C. and Arthur F.H. (Eds). Recent advances in stored product protection. Springer, Berlin: 229-260.

Perovic D.J., Gámez-Virues S., Landis D.A., Tscharntke T., Zalucki M.P., Saura S., Furlong M.J., Desneux N., Sciarretta A., Balkenhol N., Schmidt J.M., Trematerra P., Westphal C., 2022 – Broadening the scope of empirical studies to answer persistent questions in landscape-moderated effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. – Advances in Ecological Research, 65: 109-131.

Balletto E., Trematerra P., Zilli A., 2022 – Lepidoptera, cap. 34, in Minelli A. & Bologna M.A. (eds), Sistematica ed Evoluzione degli Esapodi. – Liguori, Napoli: 529-574.

Trematerra P., 2023 – Lepidoptera Tortricidae. In: Checklist della Fauna Italiana.

Trematerra P., 2023 – Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick) and Epiphyas postvittana (Walker) found in Italy, invasive pests in Europe (Lepidoptera Tortricidae). – Bulletin of Insectology, 76 (2): 203-207.