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codling moth

noun

  1. a small, olethreutid moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, the larvae of which feed on the pulp of apples and other fruits.


codling moth

noun

  1. a tortricid moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, the larvae of which are a pest of apples
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of codling moth1

First recorded in 1740–50
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Example Sentences

He found them in a fruit that had been perforated by the Codling-moth.

We believe we have greatly reduced the codling-moth by spraying, and we know we have destroyed the canker-worm.

He sometimes sprays for codling-moth and canker-worm, and thinks he has reduced both of them materially.

My trees are troubled with root aphis, roundhead borers and buffalo tree-crickets; and my apples with codling-moth.

I spray after the bloom has fallen, and ten days later, with Paris green, to destroy the codling-moth.

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