Grapholita funebrana Treitschke, 1835
plum fruit moth, red plum maggot
on Prunus
Prunus domestica, Dronten © Arnold Grosscurt
larval tunnels
mature larva
parasite
Oviposition around begin of August on the young fruit near the attachment of the stalk. The larva enters the fruit and tunnels into the pericarp, mainly in the neighbourhood of the kernel. Sap and gum may ooze from the entrance hole. About a month later the full grown larva leaves to fruit and pupates in a cocoon in the soil or in a bark fissure.
host plants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Prunus domestica, spinosa.
larva
Head black; body white at first, later pink; pinacula inconspicuous
synonyms
Cydia funebrana.
references
Deutsch (2012a), Hancock & Bland (2015b), Kuchlein, Gielis, Huisman, ao (1988a), Roques, Cleary, Matsiakh & Eschem (2017a).