Gonodonta incurva

Adults of Gonodonta incurva can be distinguished from other Gonodonta species by the incurved (inward-curving) forewing apex that gives the species its name. The forewings are typically gray-brown with darker markings. The genus Gonodonta is characterized by a distinctive wing shape with an angled or hooked apex, and species within the genus are best separated by details of wing pattern and genitalia. The fruit-piercing moths in subfamily Calpinae are recognized by their robust proboscis adapted for piercing fruit skins.

North America. Specific range details within North America are not well documented in available sources.

Adults feed on fruit juices by piercing the skin of ripening or ripe fruits. The specific host fruits used by this species have not been documented in available sources.

Adults exhibit fruit-piercing behavior, using their modified proboscis to penetrate fruit skins and access juices. This feeding behavior can cause damage to commercially grown fruits.

Adults may act as minor pests of fruit crops due to their piercing feeding behavior. Larval ecology and role are unknown.

The fruit-piercing feeding behavior of adults can result in economic damage to fruit crops, as pierced fruits become susceptible to secondary infection and rot.

• Gonodonta nutrixAnother North American fruit-piercing moth in the same genus; distinguished by differences in wing pattern and forewing apex shape
• Gonodonta sicheasNeotropical congener with similar fruit-piercing habits; G. incurva is distinguished by its North American distribution and incurved wing apex

• fruit-piercing moth
• Calpinae
• Erebidae
• North America
• pest

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