Pest · 6 plants in our database

Codling moth

Cydia pomonella

Mostly June–September6 plants in our database

Which plants

Where you will find it.

Signs and protection differ by plant — the exact steps are on each plant’s page.

AppleMalus domestica
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Small exit holes on the fruit or near the calyx, tunnels with frass in the core. Fruit ripens early and drops.

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Apple on M26/MM106 rootstock (semi-dwarf)Malus domestica
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Small exit holes on the fruit or near the calyx, tunnels with frass in the core. Fruit ripens early and drops.

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Apple on M9 rootstock (dwarf)Malus domestica
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Small exit holes on the fruit or near the calyx, tunnels with frass in the core. Fruit ripens early and drops.

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Columnar apple treeMalus domestica
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Small exit holes on the fruit or near the calyx, tunnels with frass in the core. Fruit ripens early and drops.

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Common pearPyrus communis
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Caterpillars bore into fruit; damaged fruit has tunnels and usually drops prematurely.

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QuinceCydonia oblonga
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Caterpillar in the core of the fruit.

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