Damaged Avocados (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Damaged Avocados

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This photo is of avocados showing feeding damage (holes and white residues) by the avocado seed moth, Stenoma catenifer, a notorious avocado pest whose larvae bore into avocado fruit to feed on the pulp and ultimately the seed.

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Hoddle lab, UC Riverside.

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