Keywords
How to Cite
Abstract
The peachtree borer, Synanthedon exitiosa (Say), is a very serious agronomic pest. The peachtree borer and the lesser peachtree borer, Synanthedon pictipes, account for more damage to peach trees than all other insect pest combined. The peachtree borer can damage the tree in two ways: girdling and inducing plant pathogens to invade the weakened tree. This document is EENY-260 (IN524), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: January 2002. Reviewed: December 2005.
EENY260/IN524: Peachtree Borer, Synanthedon exitiosa (Say) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sesiide) (ufl.edu)
References
King, DR and HF Morris. 1956. Biologies of the peach tree borer and lesser peach tree borer in east Texas. Journal of Economic Entomology 49: 397-398. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/49.3.397
Knodel JJ and AM Agnello. 1990. Field comparison of nonsticky and sticky pheromone traps for monitoring fruit pests in western New York. Journal of Economic Entomology 83:197-203. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/83.1.197
Reilly, CC, CR Gentry, and JR McVay. 1987. Biochemical evidence for resistance of rootstocks to the peachtree borer and species separation of peachtree borer and lesser peachtree borer (Lepidoptera:Sesiidae) on peach trees. Journal of Economic Entomology 80: 338-343. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/80.2.338
Smith, EH. 1965. Laboratory rearing of the peach tree borer and notes on its biology. Journal of Economic Entomology 58: 228-236. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/58.2.228
Snow, JW, CR Gentry, and M Novak. 1985. Behavior and control of the peachtree borer and lesser pechtree borer (Lepidoptera:Sesiidae) in Peach orchards permeated with (Z,Z)-3,13- Octadecadien-1-ol Acetate. Journal of Economic Entomology 78:190-196 https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/78.1.190
White, T. 1985. Stopping the peach tree borer. Organic gardening 32: 64-66.
Williamson JG and TE Crocker. Peaches and Nectarines for Florida. Circular 299-D Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida.
Wohlers, V. 1990. Bored to death. American Nurseryman. 172: 76-78, 80, 82-89.
Unless otherwise specified, articles published in the EDIS journal after January 1, 2024 are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.