Pest on crop
Citrus Leafminer on lemon
Phyllocnistis citrella
Tiny moth larvae tunnel inside young citrus leaves, leaving silvery serpentine trails. Damage is mostly cosmetic on mature trees but stunts new plantings.
- Pest
- Citrus Leafminer
- Scientific name
- Phyllocnistis citrella
- Crop
- Lemon
- Total hosts
- 4
Citrus Leafminer on lemon
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Signs on lemon
- ▸ silvery serpentine trails inside leaves
- ▸ curled or distorted new growth
- ▸ shoot dieback on young trees
IPM controls
- ✓ Limit nitrogen flushes to one or two per year so all flushes harden together
- ✓ Yellow sticky traps to monitor flight peaks
- ✓ Spinosad or horticultural oil sprayed at start of new flush, repeated weekly while flush is soft
- ✓ Tolerate damage on mature trees; control is mainly for nursery and young plantings
Other crops affected by citrus leafminer
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