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codling moth
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codling moth also codlin moth
n.
A small grayish moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) whose larvae are destructive to various fruits, especially apples.
codling moth, codlin moth
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a tortricid moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, the larvae of which are a pest of apples
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Noun1.codling moth - a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnutscodling moth - a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts
Carpocapsa pomonella, codlin moth
tortricid, tortricid moth - any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls
Carpocapsa, genus Carpocapsa - codling moths
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Newly hatched codling moths lay eggs on immature fruits throughout summer.
STAYING IN > GARDENING by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
1 Codling moth traps - if your apple and peartrees are plagued by codling moths each year and the fruits have burrows in them by the autumn, now is the time to hang up a pheromone trap in the trees to trap the male before he can mate with the female - stop that process and you stop the egg laying on the embryo fruits.
Notebook: Do it this week . . by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Environmental Protection Agency says it will ban a pesticide that pear and apple growers use to kill codling moths.
BRIEFLY by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
 
 
 
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