The researchers estimate that three major species— the codling moth, the peach twig borer and the oriental fruit moth—will increase in numbers and start appearing earlier in the year as ...

According to Gladem, the Grapholita molesta, or the Oriental moth, is native to Asia and is damaging to stone fruit and peach trees, laying its eggs on the surface of the fruit and its stems.

As a result of climate change, the Golden State's farms are expected to face a surge in agricultural pests, which poses a threat to California's specialty crops industry. Populations of three ...

Since this method can deter the apple maggot, plum curculio, codling moth, European apple sawfly, cucumber beetle, oriental ...

The disco gene Sondhi found in his moth samples was twice the size of its fruit fly counterpart, and it had additional zinc fingers -- active portions of a gene that directly interacts with DNA ...