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Orange Fruit Borer
Photograph copyright: ozwildlife - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Orange Fruit Borer
Photograph copyright: ozwildlife - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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sotenes miserana, Aranda, ACT
Image by Donald Hobern - Some rights reserved. (view image details)
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ORANGE FRUIT BORER FACTS |
Identification
The Orange Fruit Borer moth is variable in colour and pattern. They are light grey, with darker brown or grey markings and speckles on the forewings. The caterpillar is brown on top and light grey underneath, with a dark brown head capsule and a pair of brown stripes along the body and white hair growing from each segment.
Other Names
Teras absumptana
Size
wingspan 2cm
Food
The Orange Fruit Borer caterpillar is a horticultural pest attacking a wide variety of agricultural plants and fruit trees, including macadamia, lychee, grapes, avocados, citrus, feijoa.
Breeding
The eggs are laid in a mass protected by a layer of scales. The caterpillar pupates in a cocoon protected by leaves
Range
found in Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.
Notes
controlled by spraying with insecticides containing endosulfan or carbaryl.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Tortricidae | | Genus: | Isotenes | | Species: | miserana | | Common Name: | Orange Fruit Borer |
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