CHEWING INSECTS

INSECTS THAT EAT FOLIAGE AND/OR FRUITS OF PLANTS LEAVING VISIBLE SIGNS OF DAMAGE

PICKLEWORM, Diaphania nitidalis (Stoll)
Description Picture Damage
  • moths have dark-brown wing margins merging into lighter areas toward the center, with the abdomen tip tufted with hairs
  • larvae -- bright green and black-dotted
  • do not exceed 3/4 inch long



    • Photo credit: Extension Entomology, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University

  • larvae feed on blossoms and vines and mine into the underside of fruits



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    Last modified: March 30, 1998