Cydia pomonella
Codling Moth at Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
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| Cydia pomonella | donhe | 30 Jan 2024 | |
| Cydia pomonella | ibaird | 30 Jan 2024 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 30 Jan 2024 |
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This seemed a lighter coloured moths than similar sized/shaped moths I'd seen on the bursaria here?
3 comments
30 Jan 2024
No, also walnuts too. A worldwide pest. The literature on it is vast.
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/olet/pomonella.html
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/olet/pomonella.html
Location information
- Coordinates 149.093734-35.328419
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Jan 2024 05:36 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
- Bursaria Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Yes Insect on a flower
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- Insects & spiders on Bursaria spinosa - a research project. Australian Moths visiting Flowers LisaH NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Cydia pomonella
Species information
- Cydia pomonella Scientific name
- Codling Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- Up to 765.2m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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