Pest on crop
Oriental Fruit Moth on european plum
Grapholita molesta
Stone-fruit pest whose larvae tunnel into shoot tips and later into fruit.
- Pest
- Oriental Fruit Moth
- Scientific name
- Grapholita molesta
- Crop
- European Plum
- Total hosts
- 4
Oriental Fruit Moth on european plum
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Signs on european plum
- ▸ Wilted shoot tips
- ▸ Frass at shoot entry points
- ▸ Larval tunnels in fruit
IPM controls
- ✓ Pheromone-disruption ties
- ✓ Pheromone trap monitoring
- ✓ Targeted spray at first generation
- ✓ Removal of damaged shoot tips
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