Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 2 September 2008)
(Picture: courtesy of
Institute Nationalede Reserche Agricole,
Paris)
This Caterpillar has been introduced into Australia by unfortunate accident. It is an international pest on fruit trees in ROSACEAE, particularly :
although it will also attack other species including :
The Caterpillars bore into young shoots, causing gumming and malformation.
The adult moths are grey to brown with a series of darker lines on the forewings. The wingspan is about 1.3 cms. In courtship, the male moth emits pheromones from hairs on the tip of the abdomen, which the females find attractive.
The eggs are white, oval, witha diameter of about 0.g mm. They are laid singly on leaves, particularly young shoots, of the food plant. A female moth can lay over 200 eggs.
Various means have been suggested to control the species :
The species is found over much of the world, and is now present in all the eastern states of Australia.
Further reading :
G.H.L. Rothschild & R.A. Vickers,
Biology, Ecology and Control of the Oriental Fruit Moth,
in: L.P.S. van der Geest & H.H. Evenhuis (eds)
World Crop Pests, Vol. 5, Tortricid pests: their biology,
natural enemies and control, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1991, pp. 389-412.
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