Pyralidae 
Genus ZOPHODIA Hiibner 
F ig. 230. — Z. grossularicB. 
Moth and cocoon. (After 
Riley.) 
(1) Zophodia grossularise Riley. (The Gooseberry Fruit- 
worm.) 
Syn. turbitella Grote. 
The larva of this little moth, which is glass-green, feeds 
upon currants and gooseberries as they are forming upon the 
branches, hollowing out their interiors, and often fastening a 
cluster of them together with a web of 
silk. The berries attacked by the larvae 
do not generally fall to the ground, but 
shrivel up where they are, attached to 
the stalk. The caterpillars transform into 
pupae on the ground, under leaves and 
among rubbish. There is but one brood 
during the year. 
The insect is widely distributed from New England and 
southern Canada westward and southward into the Valley of the 
Ohio and the upper portions of the Mississippi Valley. 
Genus CANARSIA Hulst 
(i)Canarsia hammondi Riley. (The Apple-leaf Skeletonizer.) 
The larva of this little moth feeds upon the parenchyma, or 
soft green pulpy covering of the leaves, of the apple and allied 
trees, leaving the framework of 
veins and veinlets untouched. 
Sometimes it devours all of the 
upper surface of the leaf and 
completely skeletonizes it; more 
frequently it only eats portions 
here and there. In the fall of 
the year orchards are often made 
to appear quite sear and blighted 
by the inroads of the minute larvae, 
which are gregarious and are at 
times found literally in millions 
upon the trees. 
The insect has an extensive 
range, and is found from New 
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Fig. 231. — C. hammondi. a , larva; 
b , enlarged dorsal view of segment; 
c , enlarged view of head and anterior 
segments ; d, moth. (After Riley.) 
