European corn borer
Insect
European corn borer
Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner)
Lepidoptera: Crambidae
Distribution: Most fruit-growing states and provinces in eastern North America, south to northern FL.
Photos
Partly grown larvae attack fruit later in the summer, tunneling through the flesh, creating galleries filled with frass.
NY State Ag Experiment Station
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Adult is a pale yellowish brown moth with irregular darker bands running in wavy lines across wings; male is distinctly darker than the female (A). Larva is pale brown or pinkish gray with a black head and inconspicuously marked with small, round, brown spots (B).