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Crop Protection :: Apple
Codling moth: Cydia (=Carpocapsa) pomonella 

Symptoms of damage:

  • Caterpillar bore into the fruits and feed on the pulp
  • Infested leaves and fruits show tunnels with frass

Identification of the pest:

  • Larva: Pinkish-white caterpillar with black or mottled black head
  • Adult: small greyish moth, chocolate brown patches near the tip of foreswings 

Management:

  • Field sanitation
  • Collect and destroy the infested fruits and cocoons
  • Banding - corrugated cardboard bands should be applied to tree trunks
  • Use sex pheromone trap
  • Mass trap males with codling moth lure traps
  • Release egg parasitoids, Trichogramma embryophagum at 2000/tree
  • Apply Virosoft CP4 Granulovirus
    • Codling moth larvae must eat the virus before they enter the fruit
    • Spray DDVP 0.04%
  • Apply acetempride (4 application per season) during egg laying stage
Codling moth damage to apple
 Codling moth feeding site
Larva
Adult

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