Tortricidae 
This is a common species in the Appalachian subregion. It 
is found abundantly in western Pennsylvania. 
Genus ANCYLIS Hiibner 
(i) Ancylis comptana Frolich. (The Strawberry Leaf- 
Toller.) 
Syn. conjlexana Walker; fragaricc Walsli & Riley. 
This little insect has proved a very destructive foe of the 
strawberry in parts of the Mississippi Valley. There are two 
broods annually. The insects roll up the leaves, and feeding 
upon the tender paren¬ 
chyma, cause the plants 
to wither and dry. So 
bad have the ravages of 
the larvae proved in some 
places that horticultur- , , 
ists have been led to 1?T . , „ , 
abandon growing straw- size ; b, enlarged view of anterior portion of 
berries in those localities. moth; d > anal se s ment of larva - ( After 
Riley.) 
The insect is found in 
Canada and in the portions of the United States immediately 
south of the Great Lakes. Although the moth occurs in western 
Pennsylvania, no great loss from its attacks has as yet been re¬ 
ported from this part of the country. 
Genus ECDYTOLOPHA Zeller 
(1) Ecdytolopha insiticiana Zeller, Plate XL VIII, Fig. 29, ? . 
The larva of this species has the habit of boring under the 
bark and causing gall-like excrescences to appear upon the twigs 
of the common locust ( Robinia ). 
Genus CYDIA Hiibner 
(1) Cydia pomonella Linnaeus. (The Coddling-moth.) 
This well-known and most destructive little insect is estimated 
to inflict an annual loss upon the fruit-growers of America which 
amounts in the aggregate to tens of millions of dollars. Every 
one is familiar with the pinkish worm which is encountered at 
the heart of apples and pears. But for every apple and pear 
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