Oriental Fruit Moth
Oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta) is an important pest of deciduous fruits throughout the world. The greatest economic losses occur on peaches and nectarines. The oriental fruit moth will also attack apples, pears, plums, apricots, cherries, and almonds.
Biology
Early in the season, larvae bore into the tips of tender twigs causing them to wilt and die. Although oriental fruit moth mine deeper into a shoot than peach twig borer larvae, distinguishing between the two can be difficult unless the larvae is still present in the twig. The oriental fruit moth larvae are white or pink with a brown head; the peach twig borer larvae are brown with white stripes and have a black head. Later in the season the larvae of both will prefer mature fruit.
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