apple-worm

We have yet another insect to contend with which infests the apple and pear, commonly called the Coddling Moth, and the larva, the apple-worm (_Garpocapsa pomonella_).

Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 Various

The apple-worm ruins the crop by killing many of the fruits and by blemishing the remainder.

The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 1906

Its larva is the apple-worm, the one that makes "wormy apples," the burrows going to the core and out again.

The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 1906

Ordinarily the fruit-grower does not see the moth, for it is a small object amidst the foliage of apple-trees; the larva or apple-worm he knows well.

The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 1906

The codling-moth, or apple-worm, is another enemy that should be fought resolutely, for it destroys millions of bushels of fruit.

The Home Acre Edward Payson Roe 1863