166 A MANUAL OF DANGEROUS INSECTS. 



PEACH; ALMOND. 



(Amygdalus spp. Family Rosacese.) 



Delicious fruit-bearing trees of temperate and warm climates. The almond pit is 

 much sold as a nut. 



A. BETTER KNOWN PEACH INSECTS LIKELY TO BE IMPORTED. 



Uracanthus acutus Blackburn. 

 (Cerambycidse; Coleoptera.) 



Hosts: Peach, apricot, plum. 



Description and biology: Adult, length about 14 mm.; color obscure ferruginous; 

 covered with short i^ubesence. 



Distrihution: Australia. 

 Blackburn, T. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South "Wales, ser. 2, 1889, vol. 4, p. 451. 



Conogethes punctUeralis Guerin. 



(Northern Peach Moth. Pyralidae; Lepidoptera.) 



Host: Peach. 

 Injury: Infests the fruit. 



Description: Adult, wing expanse 21-25 mm., bright yellow, thickly mottled with 

 black spots. Pupa dark reddish brown. Pupates on side of peach stone. Larva, 

 length 20 mm., cylindrical, with a few erect hairs; color dirty white, almost liidden 

 by pinkish markings. Attacks ripening fruit, eating and webbing surface. Eggs 

 deposited on half -grown peaches. 



Distrihution: Australia. 

 Froggatt, W. W. Australian Insects, 1907, p. 273. 



Tryon, Henry. Ann. Rept. Dept. Agri. for years 1889-90, p. 75. Brisbane, Queens- 

 land, 1890. 



B, OTHER IMPORTANT PEACH INSECTS. 



HEMIPTERA. 

 Coccidafe. 



Armored — 



Aspidiotus (Pseudaonidia) clavigera Cockerell; Hawaii. 

 Jf^Aspidiotus (Diaspidiotus) oslrexformis Curtis; British Isles. 

 Diaspis leperii Signoret; Europe. 

 ' Diaspis sqvMmosus Newstead and Theobald; Egypt. 

 :Jt: Epidiaspis piricola Del Guercio; Europe. 

 Parlatoria ajjinis Newstead; Algeria. 

 Parlatoria calianthina Berlese and Leonardi; Algeria, Italy. 

 ^ Pseudo parlatoria parlatorioides (Comstock); Brazil, Mexico. 

 Unarmored— 



Lecanium kunoensis Kuwana; China. 

 :^Lecanium persicx (Fabricius); Europe. 

 Lecanium rugosum Signoret; France, Germany. 

 Lecanium vini Bouch^; Europe. 

 Lygaeidae. 



Nysius vinitor Bergroth; Australia. (See Fruit.) 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Elateridae. 



Agriotes Uncalus Linnseus. (See Tobacco.) 



Bostrychidae. 



Apate monaclms Fabricius; Africa, "West Indies, attacks almond. (See Citrus.) 



Chrysomelidae. 



Aulacophora olivicrei Guerin, leaf beetle; Australia. (See Cucurbits.) 



