Cydia pyrivora

Cydia pyrivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cydia
Species: C. pyrivora
Binomial name
Cydia pyrivora
(Danilevsky, 1947)
Synonyms
  • Carpocapsa pyrivora Danilevsky, 1947
  • Laspeyresia dannehli Obraztsov, 1950

The Pear fruit moth or Pear tortricid (Cydia pyrivora) is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Latvia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sardinia, Sicily, the Italian mainland, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Algeria, the island of Crete in Greece, Ukraine and southern and central Russia.

The wingspan is 17–22 mm. Adults are on wing in the second half of June in Austria and from May to June in Russia. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Pyrus species. It is an important pest of pear. The larvae bore into the fruit and feed on the pips. The initial hole closes again, only leaving a small brown spot, making the presence of larvae hard to detect. When the larva is fully developed it leaves the fruit through a hole, leaving the fruit susceptible to fungal infection.

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