Are you prepared for Codling Moth?
Pest and Disease Management
Image: ExtensionAus
Codling moth is an important pest of both apples and pears in most Australian growing regions. It is not present in Western Australia and is a pest of regional quarantine concern for that state. In WA, rigorous, eradication, surveillance and quarantine measures have excluded codling moth.
In other regions, maintaining low numbers of codling moths is a high priority.
Codling moth is generally managed using an IPM program based on:
- Prevention and good orchard practices
- Monitoring and surveillance for fruit damage and codling moth activity using a range of traps containing pheromones and plant volatiles
- Management
- Mating disruption using pheromones
- Cultural control
- Chemical control
- Biological control
More information to support timely Codling Moth management is available in the recently updated IPDM manual and in the following resources:
- Background and key info on Codling Moth (Agriculture Victoria)
- Apple and Pear IPDM Factsheet – Codling Moth, (Extension Aus)
- Approximate Codling Moth emergence dates by region (Extension Aus)
- Codling Moth biofix and phenology model with Russell Fox (Extension Aus)
- IPDM Case Study involving Codling Moth, Geeveston Tas (Extension Aus)
