Codling Moth on Apple
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Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) adults are about 3/8 inch and gray with distinct bronze areas on the bottom third of wings. Larvae are found in apple cores, are pinkish in color with brown heads, and can reach 3/4 inch. Single scale-like eggs are laid on fruit or adjacent leaves.
Codling moth larva.
(Photo: Ricardo Bessin, University of Kentucky)
Codling moth damage to fruit.
(Photo: Ricardo Bessin, University of Kentucky)
Codling moth adult.
(Photo: Ricardo Bessin, University of Kentucky)
Management:
- Pheromone traps
- Insecticide timing based on weather monitoring and degree day models
- Mating disruption
