{"id":7810,"date":"2022-10-05T16:37:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T14:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taptrap.com\/codling-moth\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:22:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T07:22:07","slug":"codling-moth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.taptrap.com\/en\/codling-moth\/","title":{"rendered":"CODLING MOTH"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7810\" class=\"elementor elementor-7810 elementor-2614\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4af25b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4af25b1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ade458d\" data-id=\"ade458d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dca26e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dca26e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taptrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Carpocapsa-Cydia-pomonella-e1650977607389.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5987\" alt=\"carpocapsa - 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The larvae damage the fruit by digging tunnels, where they remain until the end of their development. If the attack is not controlled in time, the crop is damaged as the damage it causes to the fruit causes it to fall and therefore cannot be sold.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7e2ca4 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"b7e2ca4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;h4&quot;],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tSummary\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__b7e2ca4\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__b7e2ca4\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__b7e2ca4\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f1fbb60 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f1fbb60\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa937fd\" data-id=\"fa937fd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9bcf20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9bcf20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Class<\/strong>: Insecta<br \/>\n<strong>Order<\/strong>: Lepidoptera<br \/>\n<strong>Family<\/strong>: Tortricidae<br \/>\n<strong>Genus<\/strong>: Cydia<br \/>\n<strong>Species<\/strong>: C. Pomonella<br \/>\n<strong>Binomial name<\/strong>: Cydia Pomonella (L.)<\/p>\n<h3>DIMENSIONS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Larvae<\/strong>: 15 &#8211; 20 mm<br \/>\n<strong>Adults<\/strong>: wingspan 15 &#8211; 22 mm<\/p>\n<h3>INFESTED CROPS<\/h3>\n<p>The codling moth attacks mainly pome plants but can also affect pear, medlar, walnut, nashi, plum, apricot, cherry, persimmon, rowan, orange, pomegranate and chestnut trees.<\/p>\n<h3>DISTINCTIVE FEATURES<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The larvae<\/strong> are whitish in colour, darkening with development to yellowish and then pinkish.<br \/>\n<strong>Adults<\/strong> are butterflies with greyish forewings with transverse bronze streaks that intensify towards the wing margin.<\/p>\n<h3>LIFE CYCLE<\/h3>\n<p>The codling moth performs on average 2 &#8211; 3 generations per year at our latitudes.<br \/>\n<strong>First generation<\/strong> &#8211; The larval stage lasts throughout the winter and the cocoons remain protected under the bark of plants or in the soil. When spring arrives, the larvae pupate. Adults flicker from the larval stage between April and May, when temperatures usually reach 15 &#8211; 16 degrees. The butterflies are most active in mating at sunset, and ovipositions occur within a few days, usually on branches and leaves near the fruit. The larval cycle is completed in about 20-30 days.<br \/>\n<strong>Second generation<\/strong> &#8211; Appears towards the end of June and lays its eggs in already developed fruit: here the larvae have a shorter development and the adults remain active throughout July and August.&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Third generation<\/strong> &#8211; Does not occur in all areas of Italy. Where it occurs, the adults flicker between August and September and remain active until the end of October. Where, on the other hand, it does not occur, the larvae laid by the second generation enter diapause (stasis of the larval stage) and thus end their annual cycle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>HOW IT AFFECTS THE FRUIT<\/h3>\n<p>The codling moth deposits its eggs on the leaves and fruit of the crops it infests. The adults are completely harmless, while it is the larvae that are the real culprits of the pest: they attack the fruit from mid-May to September, digging tunnels in the pulp on which they feed until they decay. Once their development is complete, they emerge from the fruit and squat on the trunk, branches or at the base of the plant, until they finish their development cycle.<\/p>\n<h3>CODLING MOTH DAMAGES<\/h3>\n<p>The codling moth is a carpophagous insect (it feeds exclusively on fruit). Its larvae are capable of piercing the outside of the fruit at any stage of ripening, digging very deep tunnels into the flesh on which they feed, until they reach the seeds in the centre of the fruit. The presence of the carpocapsa can be seen by the hole in the fruit around which a small clump of excrement has formed, which is also found all along the tunnel dug by the larva. At the end of its development, the larva leaves the fruit by digging another tunnel.<br \/>\nThe lesions created in the fruit cause it to rot and drop. In the most serious situations, the entire crop is compromised, preventing the fruit from being edible and marketed. In later generations the damage created is more serious: the larvae have a faster trophic activity and feed on more fruit in less time.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>PEST MANAGEMENT<\/h3>\n<p>The codling moth has no natural antagonists, so it is necessary to implement a prompt and constant anti-insect control as early as May in order to fight its spread, and to continue it throughout the season with different methodologies, both in organic and integrated agriculture. A combined methodology usually proves to be the best strategy:<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>an initial monitoring<\/strong> of the insect&#8217;s presence by means of pheromone traps (to become aware of the extent of the carpocapsa&#8217;s presence)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>a mass trapping<\/strong> with selective ecological traps until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium fasc-ico-after dashicons-migrate fasc-style-bold\" style=\"background-color: #f3cc00; color: #54595f;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taptrap.com\/en\/type-of-plant\/traps-for-moths-codling-moth-and-lepidoptera\/\">Eco-friendly traps for codling moth<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CODLING MOTH Cydia pomonella Cydia pomonella is among the most harmful lepidoptera for pome fruit. The larvae damage the fruit by digging tunnels, where they remain until the end of their development. If the attack is not controlled in time, the crop is damaged as the damage it causes to the fruit causes it to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":36,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7810","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taptrap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taptrap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taptrap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taptrap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taptrap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7810"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.taptrap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7839,"href":"https:\/\/www.taptrap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7810\/revisions\/7839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taptrap.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}