The Eyes (sic) have it

[hkmoths]

...... I take it, from its English name, Fruit Piercing Moth, that it is a pest all over the tropics?

One further question, I had previously come across a similar larva, but it was reddish, as opposed to black, and I can not remember if it had eyespots or not, but the behaviour was the same. A different species or earlier/later instar?

Les

Hi Les,

The adults are considered a pest in some fruit orchards, where they suck the juice from inside the fruit, which provides a pathway for fungal entry and subsequent spoiling of the fruit.

There are at least three colour forms of the larvae. Definitely polymorphic.

cheers,

Roger.

[Painted Jezebel]

Ah! Thank you.

Les