Pempelia heringii

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Pempelia heringii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Pempelia
Species: P. heringii
Binomial name
Pempelia heringii
(Ragonot, 1888)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pempelia heringi (Ragonot, 1888)
  • Rhodophaea heringi
  • Nephopteryx rubrizonella Ragonot 1893
  • Phycita rubizonella

The Pear Fruit Borer (Pempelia heringii) is a moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found in Japan and China and has also been reported from Hawaii.

There are two generations per year.

Larvae have been reported feeding on apple, pear and Chinese hawthorn. They feed inside young fruit and eject frass from the entry hole causing visible damage.

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-05. 

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