Codling-moth Investigations of the State Entomologist's Office

Adjusting the phenology model of codling moth (lepidoptera: tortricidae) in Washington State apple orchards.

Studies were conducted with codling moth, Cydia pomonella L., to fit cumulative curves for the occurrence of injured fruits and male moth catches in sex pheromone-baited traps as a function of accumulated degree-days after the start of moth flight. Twelve data sets were collected from seven apple, Malus domestica Bordhausen, orchards in Washington State from 2003 to 2006. Cumulative data were g...

Codling moth management and chemical ecology.

Lepidopteran insects use sex pheromones to communicate for mating. Olfactory communication and mate-finding can be prevented by permeating the atmosphere with synthetic pheromone. Pheromone-mediated mating disruption has become a commercially viable pest management technique and is used to control the codling moth, Cydia pomonella, a key insect pest of apple, on 160,000 ha worldwide. The codlin...

Codling Moth Areawide Integrated Pest Management

Classical Biological Control of Codling Moth: the California Experience

Codling moth is a notorious fruit-boring pest that has extended its original distribution from the natural apple forests of Central Asia to cover all apple growing regions of the world. Having been discovered in California as early as 1872, codling moth has continued to be the dominant pest of apple, pear and walnut production causing extensive damage in the absence of insecticide treatment. In...

Resistance of codling moth against Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV): State of knowledge

Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) based biocontrol agents are highly effective and environmentally benign control measures for codling moth (CM). In recent years, CpGV has become a corner stone for CM control both in the organic and integrated production of apple and pears. In 2005, first reports on CM populations with a dramatically decreased susceptibility to CpGV products were published. S...