Pest on crop
Codling Moth on apple
Cydia pomonella
The most damaging pest of apple worldwide. Larvae tunnel into developing fruit, ruining the crop.
- Pest
- Codling Moth
- Scientific name
- Cydia pomonella
- Crop
- Apple
- Total hosts
- 4
Codling Moth on apple
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Signs on apple
- ▸ Frass at fruit entry holes
- ▸ Soft brown spots on fruit
- ▸ Larval tunnels through core
IPM controls
- ✓ Pheromone traps for monitoring
- ✓ Mating disruption
- ✓ Kaolin clay sprays during flight
- ✓ Bagging individual fruit
- ✓ Granulosis virus targeted spray
Other crops affected by codling moth
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