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A MANUAL OF DANGEROUS INSECTS. 



TortrLx ashworthana Newman. 

 (T/ii^lit Brown Apple Moth. Tortricid^o ; Lepidoptera.) 



Host: Apple. (A. Busck states that this species feeds on Acacia only.) 



Injuri/: Very serious; attacks fruit in manner similar to codling moth. 



Description and biologij: Adult female wing expanse, 18 mm. ; forewings light brown, 

 slightly barred. TMrva light green in color, seldom penetrates apple as far as seeds. 

 Eggs deposited in calyx. 



Distribution: Australia. 



French, C. Handbook of Destructive Insects of Victoria, 1891, pt. I, p. 66. 



Fig. 11. — The apple sawfly {Hoplocampa testiidinea). Adult and injured apples. 



(Theobald.) 



