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Coco Pod Borer pupae forming on leaves
Cocoa borer damage
cocoa pod borer 2
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Adult Coco Pod Borer on pod
cocoa pod borer damage
Taxonomy of
Cocoa Pod Borer
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Conopomorpha
Species: C. cramerella (Brandley, 1986)
Synonyms: Gracilaria cramerella Snellen; Acrocercops cramerella Snellen (original name in 1904); Zarathra cramerella Snellen
Genetic testing was used to reclassify the cocoa pod borer in 1986.
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