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Cydia pyrivora

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Cydia pyrivora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cydia
Species:
C. pyrivora
Binomial name
Cydia pyrivora
(Danilevsky, 1947)
Synonyms
  • Carpocapsa pyrivora Danilevsky, 1947
  • Laspeyresia dannehli Obraztsov, 1950

Cydia pyrivora, the pear fruit moth or pear tortricid, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Latvia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sardinia, Sicily, the Italian mainland, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Algeria, the island of Crete in Greece, Ukraine and southern and central Russia.

The wingspan is 17–22 mm. Adults are on wing in the second half of June in Austria and from May to June in Russia. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Pyrus species.

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