Click Open to view a picture. Close the current picture before viewing another. Although the pest is found in most commercial orchards in Pennsylvania, orchards in the south-central and southeastern portions of the state are more seriously affected. The moth is named for the tufted scales that can be seen as two or three groups on the tops of the wings.
Moths are extremely well camouflaged on tree trunks.
This coloration distinguishes TABM larvae from various other leafrollers. Bud moths deposit their eggs in an ovoid apple-green mass consisting of as many as 150 eggs or more. The mass is usually deposited on the upper leaf surface, and along a leaf vein. TABM produce two generations per year. Larvae overwinter as second through fourth instars in shelters such as leaves and decaying fruit beneath trees in apple, cherry, peach, and pear orchards.