Summer Fruit Tortrix vs Chrome Cockroach

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Summer Fruit Tortrix Chrome Cockroach
Scientific Name Adoxophyes orana Gyna caffrorum
Order Lepidoptera Blattodea
Family Tortricidae Blaberidae
Size 18-22 mm wingspan 20-28 mm
Habitat Orchards Forests
Diet Fruit Feeders Fruit Feeders
Regions Europe, East Asia South Africa, Mozambique
Conservation Least Concern Not Evaluated

Summer Fruit Tortrix

A small yellowish-brown moth with darker V-shaped markings on the forewings. It is a significant fruit pest throughout Europe and East Asia.

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Did You Know?

It was one of the first insects to be controlled using synthetic pheromone mating disruption.

Chrome Cockroach

A small cockroach with a uniquely translucent, chrome-like pronotum. Nymphs are dark and burrowing while adults are agile fliers.

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Did You Know?

The see-through pronotum of the adult gives it a chrome or glass-like appearance unique among cockroaches.