CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF COMMON INSECTS 22$ 



Bud Moth {Tmetocera ocellana D. and S.)- — (Consult Bulls. 50 and 

 107, Cornell). — The caterpillar of this moth sometimes does serious 

 injury to the unfolding flower and leaf buds of the apple and other 

 orchard trees. Introduced from Europe, and occurs from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific. 



Adult. — A small moth with broad yellowish- white bands across ash 

 colored fore wings; % inch expanse; lives 2-3 weeks. Emerges in June 

 and July and deposits eggs (Fig. 138). 



Eggs. — Flattened, disk-shaped, transparent; laid singly or in clusters 

 on the under surface of the leaves; hatch in 7-10 days. 



Fig. 139. — Seasonal history of the bud moth in Quebec. 



Larva. — Full grown larva 3^^ inch long, chestnut brown sparsely 

 clothed with light colored hairs borne on darker tubercles; head, legs 

 and thoracic shield dark brown or black, smooth and shining. Full 

 grown in June. Winters as half-grown larva in small oval silken cases 

 on bark of twig. Emerges in spring when buds are expanding and bores 

 into the bud and feeds for 6-7 weeks, latterly on the leaves tying them 

 together. 



Pupa. — ^Light brown; i)^^ inches long; two rows of short blunt back- 

 ward pointing spines on back of abdomen; in a thin closely woven silk 



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