More silvery-white mottling can be found towards the tip of the wing. The wings are held length wise over the body when at rest. The adult will rest in the shade during the day, and beginning dispersing near dusk. The adults will generally begin laying eggs about 2 days after emerging. Citrus peel miner appear to prefer ovipositing on larger fruit, i.e. Grapefruit is preferred to navel oranges and navel oranges are preferred to lemons.
Monitoring is the cornerstone to most pest management programs.
Ideally, to would be beneficial to be able to detect adult peel miner movement into the grove. Unfortunately there is no commercially available pheromone to monitor citrus peel miner adults, nor can they be trapped on yellow sticky cards or with black lights. In addition, most of the mined fruit appear to be in the internal canopy of the tree. Application timing is critical to achieve maximum control of the citrus peel miner. In this study, we investigated several alternatives for monitoring citrus peel miner adults and larvae.