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EFFECT OF THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF LEAF AND FRUIT SURFACES ON OVIPOSITION BY THE CODLING MOTH, CYDIA POMONELLA (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Elmer A. C. Hagley
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Vineland Station, Ontario L0R 2E0
J. F. Bronskill
Affiliation:
Chemistry and Biology Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6
Elizabeth J. Ford
Affiliation:
Chemistry and Biology Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6

Abstract

The upper and lower leaf surfaces of apple and the lower leaf surfaces of pear and peach leaves were the preferred oviposition sites of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.). Eggs were not deposited close to the leaf midvein or on peach fruit where pubescence was heavy. However, the density of leaf hairs was not the only physical factor affecting egg deposition. The nature of the wax scales on some surfaces also appeared to influence the number of eggs deposited.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1980

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