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Plum and prune-Lesser appleworm Aspila (Grapholita) prunivora Pest description and crop damage This tortricid pest is closely related to and has characteristics similar to Oriental fruit moth. The larvae feed inside the fruit, often entering through the c ...

Plum and prune-Lygus bug and stink bug Brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) Consperse stink bug (Euschistus conspersus) Western boxelder bug (Boisea rubrolineata) Western tarnished plant bug (Lygus hesperus) and other Lygus spp. Pest description ...

Plum and prune-Rust mite Includes Big-beaked plum mite (Diptacus gigantorhynchus) Plum rust mite (Aculus fockeui) Pest description and crop damage These adult mites are four-legged and wedge-shaped. They are variable in color, being yellow or pinkish-whit ...

Plum and prune-Pacific flatheaded borer Chrysobothris mali Pest description and crop damage The Pacific flatheaded borer is a pest of many different trees and shrubs, including most fruit trees. Adults are reddish bronze beetles with copper-colored spots ...

Plum and prune-Peachtree borer Synanthedon exitiosa Pest description and crop damage The adult male is a steel-blue, clear-winged moth and a little over one-inch in length. The female is similar in appearance but has smoky-colored wings and an orange band ...

Plum and prune-Peach twig borer Anarsia lineatella Pest description and crop damage Peach twig borer is a European insect first found in California in the 1880s. It is a major pest of apricots, peaches, plums, and prunes. There are no native hosts outside ...

Plum and prune-Thrips Includes Pear thrips (Taeniothrips inconsequens) Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) Pest description and crop damage Thrips are minute, slender insects about 0.04 inch long. Adult thrips are dark brown to black in col ...

Plum and prune-Scale European fruit lecanium (Parthenolecanium corni) San Jose scale (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus) Pest description and crop damage Lecanium scales are up to 0.2 inch across, reddish brown, and rounded, resembling small helmets or bumps on ...

Plum and prune-Shothole borer Includes Ambrosia beetles (Xyleborinus spp.) Shothole borer (Scolytus rugulosus) Pest description and crop damage Shothole borers are small beetles introduced to North America and have been found in the PNW since the early 19 ...

Plum and prune-Spider mite Includes Brown mite (Bryobia rubrioculus) European red spider mite (Panonychus ulmi) McDaniel spider mite (Tetranychus mcdanieli) Twospotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) Yellow spider mite (Eotetranychus carpini borealis) P ...