Acrobasis pirivorella

TaxID: 2478353

Basic Information

Acrobasis pirivorella

Pear Moth

Acrobasis pyrivorella, the pear fruit moth, pear moth or pear pyralid, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is native to the temperate zone of eastern Asia, where it is widely distributed. It has been recorded from northern China, the Korean Peninsula, Japan, Taiwan and Russia (Primor'ye and Khabarovskii provinces). The wingspan is 14.5 C21.5 mm. In Russia, adults are on wing from mid July to mid-August and again in September. The first generation adults bore into the bud and go into hibernation.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Pyralidae

Acrobasis

pirivorella

unclassified

Photos (0 photos)

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Morphological Features

Adult: wingspan 23–30 mm, greyish with violet tinge; forewings with two transverse stripes and crescent-shaped dark spot between them; hindwings yellowish-grey. Egg: 1 mm, flat-elliptical, yellow turning reddish before hatching. Larva: first instar rose-pink with black head; fully grown dark-green dorsally, pale-yellow ventrally, 12 mm long, with blackish-brown head and pale-brown legs. Pupa: oval, 10–12 mm, brown, with darker spiracles.

Source: EPPO Global Database Life Stage: Adult / Egg / Larva / Pupa Source Type: Diagnostic reference
Citation:

EPPO Global Database. Acrobasis pirivorella (syn. Numonia pirivorella) datasheet.

Host Plants (2 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Pyrus communis Host
Pyrus ussuriensis Host

Quarantine Status (52 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Austria Quarantine pests 2019
Azerbaijan Absent 2024
Belgium Unknow 2019
Bulgaria Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2019
Belarus Present 1994
Brazil A1 list 2018
Canada Quarantine pests 2019
Switzerland A1 list 2019
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
Cyprus Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2019
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Distribution (9 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

6
Present
3
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
China Absent
China Present
Japan Present
Republic of Korea Present —
Netherlands Absent —
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Present —
Russian Federation Present
Slovenia Absent —
Taiwan, China Present —

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature