Grapholita funebrana Treitschke, 1835
plum fruit moth, red plum maggot
on Prunus
Prunus cwerasifera, Hungary, Budapest, Arboretum, 5.vi.2016 © László Érsek
detail
Prunus cwerasiferam Hungary, Budapest-Hűvösvölgy, 19.vii.2015 © László Érsek: larva in opened fruit
larva dorsal, head and thorax …
… end of abdomen
Prunus domestica, Dronten, 1..viii.2017 © 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 avium, cerasus, domestica & subsp. insititia, dulcis, japonica, persica, spinosa.
phenology
One to several generations, depending on the climate; hibernation as larva.
distribution within Europe
larva
Head black; body white at first, later pink; pinacula inconspicuous. Pictures on Lepiforum; see also Swatschek
pupa
See Patočka & Turčáni.
synonyms
Cydia, Grapholitha, Laspeyresia, funebrana.
parasitoids, predators
references
Bradley, Tremewan & Smith (1979a), Corley, Marabuto, Maravalhas ao (2009a), Deutsch (2012a), Disqué (1905a), Hancock & Bland (2015a), uchlein, Gielis, Huisman, ao (1988a), Lepiforum (2019), Meijerman & Ulenberg (2000a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Roques, Cleary, Matsiakh & Eschem (2017a), Schütze (1931a), Vegliante & Zilli (2007a), Swatschek (1958a).