Pests, Beneficials, Diseases and Disorders of Mangoes - Northern ...

Mango fruit borer
Citripestis eutraphera (Family Pyralidae)
Description:
Eggs: Newly laid eggs are white and turn red after 1 day. Size: 1 mm
in diameter.
Immatures: Newly hatched larvae are pale pink with a dark brown to
black head. Young larvae are pale pink-brown in colour with 4 bands
of black spots that run along the body. As the larvae become mature
they darken to red brown. Size: up to 15 mm in length.
Adults: The forewings are dark brown and the hindwings are pale
white-grey with a grey band around the margin. Size: Wing span:
female 24 mm, male 20 mm.
Life Cycle: Eggs take 2–3 days to hatch. Once hatched, the larvae
take 14 days to mature and pupate. After 14 days, the adult emerges.
In captivity, adults live for up to 10 days.
Similar to: Other moths, particularly those in the family Pyralidae.
Damage: Eggs are laid on the skin around the stem end of the fruit or
on the skin within the top third of the fruit. If two fruit are hanging on the
tree and touching, eggs are sometimes laid on the skin surface where
the two fruit make contact. Wet looking frass is seen on the outside
of the fruit. After hatching, the larvae will initially feed by chewing the
surface of the skin of the fruit and then tunnel into the flesh.
Monitoring: Inspect immature and mature fruit on the trees as well as
fallen fruit for holes with frass.
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