Pest on crop
Pawpaw Peduncle Borer on pawpaw
Talponia plummeriana
Tiny moth whose larvae bore into pawpaw flower stems, causing fruit drop.
- Pest
- Pawpaw Peduncle Borer
- Scientific name
- Talponia plummeriana
- Crop
- Pawpaw
- Total hosts
- 1
Pawpaw Peduncle Borer on pawpaw
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Signs on pawpaw
- ▸ Frass at flower-stem base
- ▸ Premature fruit drop
- ▸ Hollowed pedicels on dropped flowers
IPM controls
- ✓ Generally minor pest; tolerate light damage
- ✓ Sanitation of dropped flowers
- ✓ Targeted spray rarely warranted
Other crops affected by pawpaw peduncle borer
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