Pest on crop
Currant Borer on gooseberry
Synanthedon tipuliformis
Clearwing moth whose larvae tunnel inside currant and gooseberry canes, hollowing them out.
- Pest
- Currant Borer
- Scientific name
- Synanthedon tipuliformis
- Crop
- Gooseberry
- Total hosts
- 4
Currant Borer on gooseberry
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Signs on gooseberry
- ▸ Wilting or dying canes during summer
- ▸ Hollow canes when cut, with frass inside
- ▸ Adult moths resembling small wasps in early summer
IPM controls
- ✓ Prune out and burn infested canes during dormant season
- ✓ Replace canes older than 4 years on a rotation
- ✓ Pheromone trap monitoring
- ✓ Tolerate as part of routine renewal pruning
Other crops affected by currant borer
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