444 



FRUIT INSECTS 



Fiu. ;iS' 



Grape root-worm beetles feeding on a leaf. 



destructive iii the history of this pest. In this region the in- 

 sect first Jittracted attention in 1893 near Cleveland, Ohio ; 

 in 1898 it became destructive in Erie 

 County, Pennsylvania ; in 1900 it appeared 

 L ^ /^ ^^^ injurious numbers in the western part 

 J^aJnCr ^^ ^^^ Chautauqua grape belt of western 



JHIjir*\ New York and is now widely distributed 



nH^^ throughout that region. 



^^^ The grape root-worm is destructive in 



two stages of its development ; the bee- 

 tles feed on the leaves in July, eating out 

 characteristic chain-like holes (Figs. 381 

 and 382) and in severe cases reducing the foliage to shreds ; the 

 grubs attack the roots, eat off the root-fibers and cut out 



Fig. 383. — Beetle of the 

 grape root-worm (x2^). 



