Omnivorous Leafroller

Omnivorous Leafroller (platynota stultana) Omnivorous leafroller larvae are cream colored with black or brown head capsules and resemble other leafrollers. Omnivorous leafrollers overwinter as immature larvae in mummy fruit and do not enter dormancy. When larvae mature they are about 0.6 inch (1.5 cm) long and have two white, slightly raised, oblong spots on the upper surface of each abdominal segment. Abdominal segments may have a greenish brown tinge. Adults are 0.5 to 0.375 inch (9-12 mm) long and brown with a dark band on the wing and a long snout. Their eggs are laid in overlapping rows that resemble fish scales.

Adult moths emerge in May or June to lay eggs in orchards on leaves and fruit. They directly damage fruit that they feed on by puncturing the surface of the fruit.

Photo courtesy of: Barry Freeman, Auburn University, Bugwood.org

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