ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH


Meaning of ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: circa 1921

: a small nearly cosmopolitan moth ( Grapholita molesta syn. Cydia molesta ) probably of Japanese origin whose larva is injurious to the twigs and fruit of orchard trees and especially the peach — called also oriental peach moth

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