Fruit piercing moth - Eudocima fullonia

EEffective: August 18, 2010 - February 4, 2014
Resources: Pest Tracker
Screening Aids:
Eudocima fullonia - Fruit Piercing Moth
Taxonomic Position: Lepidoptera : Noctuidae
Pest Type: Insects
Pest Code (NAPIS): ITBCQNA
No manual – See Host Matrix
These Approved Methods are appropriate for:
Human and Animal Pathogens Transmitted:
Not known to transmit any human or animal pathogens.
Plant Pathogens and Organisms Vectored:
Not known to vector any pathogens or other associated organisms but damage may lead to invasion by secondary pests.
Survey
Approved Method(s):
Method Product Name / Instructions NAPIS Survey Method
Visual See the visual inspection excerpt from the guidelines. 3031 - General Visual Observation
Identification


ID/Diagnostic: Morphological

Morphological
Mistaken Identities:
Eudocima species
Eudocima homaena and Eudocima jordani
References
  1. Passoa, S. 2009. Reprint file on Eudocima with Franclemont's corrections to Seitz. 2009.
  2. Seitz, A. 1924. Ed. The Macrolepidoptera of the World, 1139 p. vol. 7 plate 88.