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Oriental fruit moth colony

Insects and Mites Occurring on Apples in the Southeast

Listed by Type

Direct Pests Indirect Pests Beneficials
Apple maggot Dogwood borer Black lady beetle (S. punctum)
Brown marmorated stink bug European red mite Insidious plant bug
Codling moth Green apple aphid / Spirea aphid Lacewing
Comstock mealy bug Green June beetle Lady beetle
Green fruit worm Japanese beetle Midge
Lesser appleworm Potato leafhopper Predatory mites
Obliquebanded leafroller Rosy apple aphid Syrphid fly
Oriental fruit moth Spotted tentiform leafminer Thrips
Plum curculio Two-spotted spider mite  
Redbanded leafroller White apple leafhopper
San Jose scale Woolly apple aphid
Tarnished plant bug  
Tufted apple bud moth
Variegated leafroller

Listed by Damage

Fruit - Surface Feeding Fruit - Tunneling Leaves - Surface Feeding
or Tunneling
Bark and Trunk Feeding
Comstock mealy bug Apple maggot European red mite Comstock mealy bug
Brown marmorated stink bug Codling moth Green apple aphid / Spirea aphid Dogwood borer
Obliquebanded leafroller Green fruit worm Green June beetle  
Plum curculio Lesser appleworm Japanese beetle  
Redbanded leafroller Oriental fruit moth Potato leafhopper  
San Jose scale   Rosy apple aphid  
Tarnished plant bug   Two-spotted spider mite  
Tufted apple bud moth   Spotted tentiform leafminer (tunneling)  
Variegated leafroller   White apple leafhopper  
    Woolly apple aphid  

Insect and Mite Management Overview


Southeastern Apple Production
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759
Phone: 828.684.3562 ~ Fax: 828.684.8715
Email: jim_walgenbach@ncsu.edu


Web Crafters: Anne S. Napier and Steve Schoof
Email: steve_schoof@ncsu.edu

Updated March 15, 2011