INSECTS OF PLUM AND CHERKY. 



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Description and biology: Adult, length 4 mm. ; head and thorax black, elytra chest- 

 nut. Appears in June (France). Pupates in spring. Larval galleries perpendicular 

 to maternal gallery. Eggs deposited in gallery under bark of weakened trees. 



Distribution: Europe. 

 MoNTiLLOT, L. Les Insectes Nuisibles, 1891, p. 168. 

 GuENAUx, G. Entomologie et Parasitologie Agricoles, ]904, p. 340. 

 Coleophora anatipennella Hiibner. 

 (Cherry Tree Case-Bearer. Elachistidse; Lepidoptera.) 



Hosts: Cherry, apple, sloe. 



Injury: Serious attacks at intervals of a few years; feeds on buds and early foliage. 

 Description and biology: Adult, wing expanse 12 mm.; forewings creamy white with 



scattered fuscous scales 

 noticeable toward tips, 

 fringe white; hind wings 

 dusky, with long gray 

 fringes. Occurs July to 

 August. Pupa pale 

 brown in color ; pupation 

 takes place in its case; 

 period 3 or 4 weeks. 

 Larva, length 12 mm.; 

 reddish brown to orange 

 with dark-brown shiny 

 head. Larval case pis- 

 tol-shaped, dark brown 

 to black, with white 

 border around mouth. 

 Larvse may be found 



from August through the winter until June. Eggs are deposited on under side of leaf, 



hatching in 2 or 3 weeks. 



Distribution: Europe. 

 Theobald, F. V. Insect Pests of Fruit, 1909, p. 195. 



Argyresthla ephippella Fabricius. 

 (Hyponomeutidse; Lepidoptera.) 



Hosts: Cherry, plum, hazel. 



Injury: Not seriously destructive. 



Description and biology: Adult, wing expanse 12 mm.; forewings ocherous brown, 

 inner margin white, interrupted beyond middle by dark -brown spot, which can be 

 traced across the wings as an oblique fascia terminating in the costa. Larva feed a 

 on shoots, leaf, and blossom buds. 



Distribution: Europe. 



Theobald, F. V. Insect Pests of Fruit, 1909, p. 193. 

 Argyresthla nitidella Fabricius. 

 (Cherry Fruit Moth. Hyponomeutidse; Lepidoptera.) 



Hosts: Cherry, hawthorn. 



Injury: Seldom serious. Attack fruit just after it has set. 



Description and biology: Adult, wing expanse 11 mm. ; forewings light brown, with 

 white or cream colored inner margins; in middle there is a fascia of deeper brown color 

 which terminates in tip of wings. Occurs in May (Stainton). Cocoon dense and white; 

 pupal period about 15 days. Larva light green; head, first thoracic segment and legs 

 brown. Eggs placed on shoots near flower bud. Overwinters in egg stage. (See 

 text fig. 82.) 



Distribution: England. 

 Theobald, F. V. Insect Pests of Fruit, 1909, p. 192. 



Fig. b2. -Clierry fruil moth (Argyrcsthia nitidella): Adult moth. 

 (Theobald.) 



