Blastodacna pyrigalla

Blastodacna pyrigalla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Blastodacna
Species:	B. pyrigalla
Binomial name
	Blastodacna pyrigalla; (Yang, 1977)
Synonyms
	Sinitinea pyrigalla Yang, 1977;

Blastodacna pyrigalla, the pear shoot gall moth or pear fruit borer, is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Yang in 1977.^[1] It is found in Korea^[2] and China.^[3]

The larvae feed within galls on Prunus persica.

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Blastodacna pyrigalla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
^ Blastodacna at funet
^ A study on the occurrence of sinitinea pyrigalla yang and its control

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Blastodacna pyrigalla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.

[2] Blastodacna at funet

[3] A study on the occurrence of sinitinea pyrigalla yang and its control

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