summer fruit tortrix moth |
Insects: Foliage Feeding Insects |
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Hexapoda (including Insecta) > Lepidoptera > Tortricidae > Adoxophyes orana (Fischer von Roslerstamm)
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| The summer fruit tortrix moth is native to Europe and Asia but is
not known to occur in the United States. It is a pest of apple, cherry,
and pear, but also feeds on other Rosaceous hosts, as well as maple,
alder, peanut, birch, hawthorn, forsythia, ash, honeysuckle, alfalfa,
poplar, oak, rose, willow, elm, and lilac. Females lay yellow masses of
eggs in early spring. The larvae hatch and leave behind the transparent
shell of the eggs. The head of the larvae is light brown to yellow. It
has a greenish body ornamented with warts and light hairs. When
disturbed, the larvae spin a silken thread and descend to escape. This
thread is also a possible method for movement via wind. Mature
larvae spin a 1/3 to 1/2 of an inch cocoon before molting into light
brown pupae. Pupae will darken as it matures. Adult moths are 1/3
to 1/2 of an inch long with brownish wings marked in a variable
dark-brown pattern. Males are smaller than females and have brighter
colors. Two to three generations may occur per year, depending on
temperature. On apple, it can be expected that damage from the first
generation will result in large deep holes where as the second generation
produces small holes of less than 1/5 of an inch in diameter. |
| Image |
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Description |
Photographer |
| 5310038 |
Adult(s) |
The upperwings are light ochreous brown with two darker patterns of a widening strip (obscure tortricid pattern). Head, thorax and legs whitish brown (beige). Female, brownish colour with darker pattern. The hindwings are brown-grey in the female. The females differ a bit from the males: they are larger, the patterns on the front wings are darker and the hind wings are brownish grey. The females have a wingspan up to 22 mm; Switzerland, Zurich, Lab Culture, 1978. M. Horak. |
Pest and Diseases Image Library |
| 5310039 |
Adult(s) |
Forewing of female is brownish color with darker pattern; Switzerland, Zurich, Lab Culture, 1978. M. Horak. |
Pest and Diseases Image Library |
| 5310040 |
Adult(s) |
Head, thorax and legs whitish brown (beige); Switzerland, Zurich, Lab Culture, 1978. M. Horak. |
Pest and Diseases Image Library |
| 5310041 |
Adult(s) |
Head whitish brown (beige); Switzerland, Zurich, Lab Culture, 1978. M. Horak. |
Pest and Diseases Image Library |
| 5310042 |
Adult(s) |
The hindwings are light grey in the male and brown-grey in the female (shown); Switzerland, Zurich, Lab Culture, 1978. M. Horak. |
Pest and Diseases Image Library |
| 5310043 |
Adult(s) |
The upperwings are light ochreous brown with two darker patterns of a widening strip (obscure tortricid pattern). Head, thorax and legs whitish brown (beige). Fore-wings of male reddish yellow ochre with rust-coloured pattern in the shape of an oblique median strip widening out into a triangular shape at the base. Female, brownish color with darker pattern. The hindwings are light grey in the male and brown-grey in the female. The females differ a bit from the males: they are larger, the patterns on the front wings are darker and the hind wings are brownish grey. The males will reach a wingspan of 17 to 19 mm, the females up to 22 mm. male forewing costal fold bordered by long flat scales. Switzerland, Zurich, Lab Culture, 1978. M. Horak. |
Pest and Diseases Image Library |
| 5310044 |
Adult(s) |
The upperwings are light ochreous brown with two darker patterns of a widening strip (obscure tortricid pattern). Head, thorax and legs whitish brown (beige). Fore-wings of male reddish yellow ochre with rust-coloured pattern in the shape of an oblique median strip widening out into a triangular shape at the base. The hindwings are light grey in the male. The males will reach a wingspan of 17 to 19 mm. Forewing costal fold bordered by long flat scales; Switzerland, Zurich, Lab Culture, 1978. M. Horak. |
Pest and Diseases Image Library |
| 5310045 |
Adult(s) |
Fore-wings of female brownish color with darker pattern; Switzerland, Zurich, Lab Culture, 1978. M. Horak. |
Pest and Diseases Image Library |
| 5310046 |
Adult(s) |
Fore-wings of male reddish yellow ochre with rust-coloured pattern in the shape of an oblique median strip widening out into a triangular shape at the base. The hindwings are light grey in the male; Switzerland, Zurich, Lab Culture, 1978. M. Horak. |
Pest and Diseases Image Library |
| 5310047 |
Adult(s) |
Switzerland, Zurich, Lab Culture, 1978. M. Horak. |
Pest and Diseases Image Library |
| 5310048 |
Adult(s) |
Switzerland, Zurich, Lab Culture, 1978. M. Horak. |
Pest and Diseases Image Library |
| 5310050 |
Adult(s) |
Hindwings are brown-grey in the female; Switzerland, Zurich, Lab Culture, 1978. M. Horak. |
Pest and Diseases Image Library |
| 5310051 |
Adult(s) |
The upperwings are light ochreous brown with two darker patterns of a widening strip (obscure tortricid pattern). Head, thorax and legs whitish brown (beige). Fore-wings of male reddish yellow ochre with rust-coloured pattern in the shape of an oblique median strip widening out into a triangular shape at the base. The hindwings are light grey in the male. The males will reach a wingspan of 17 to 19 mm. Male forewing costal fold bordered by long flat scales; Switzerland, Zurich, Lab Culture, 1978. M. Horak. |
Pest and Diseases Image Library |
| 5310052 |
Adult(s) |
The upperwings are light ochreous brown with two darker patterns of a widening strip (obscure tortricid pattern). Head, thorax and legs whitish brown (beige). Fore-wings of female a brownish color with darker pattern. The hindwings are brown-grey in the female. The females differ a bit from the males: they are larger, the patterns on the front wings are darker and the hind wings are brownish grey. The females reach a wingspan of up to 22 mm; Switzerland, Zurich, Lab Culture, 1978. M. Horak. |
Pest and Diseases Image Library |
| 5143071 |
Adult(s) |
The adult is a male: as you see it has prominent costal folds. |
Jae-Cheon Sohn |
| 5143072 |
Larva(e) |
The larva is on a rearing dish with one of their food plants, a Prunus species. They usually fold the leaf along the median long axis and stay inside the fold and feed the soft part. |
Jae-Cheon Sohn |
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