Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 6 January 2010)
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville)
This Caterpillar is a pest on a variety of cultivated trees, such as:
The Caterpillars penetrate the young fruit, and feed on the kernel inside.
The adult moths are brown, with a darker tip to each forewing. The females have a black triangular mark on hind edge of each forewing. The moths are active in the summer months.
The eggs of these species are white, round and flat, and have a diameter of about 1 mm. They are laid in small groups, up to 15, on the fruit.
The pheromones have been elucidated. Various methods of control have been proposed, including:
The species occurs from India to the Philippines, including
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 28.8, pp. 58-59, 68, 280.
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