INSECTS OF TODDY PALM AND TOMATO. 



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TODDY PALM. 



(Phoenix sylvestris. Family Palmacese.) 



A palm much cultivated in India for its sap, which yields sugar and "toddy." 

 (See Palms.) 



TOMATO. 



(Lycopersicum esculentum. Family Solanacete.) 

 The much-prized garden fruit grown very extensively in this country. 



A. BETTER KNOWN TOMATO INSECTS LIKELY TO BE IMPORTED. 



Desiantlia nociva Lea. 

 (Tomato Weevil. Ciirculionidae ; Coleoptera.) 



Host: Tomato, potato, and other vegetable plants. 



Injury: Larvae and adults feed on 

 and destroy the plants. They are 

 nocturnal feeders, hiding in the soil 

 by day. 



Description: Weevil elongate, about 

 12 mm. long, brown with black 

 dots. Larva pea green in color. 

 Pupates in cell in soil. 



Distribution: Australia. 



French, C. Handbook Destructive 

 Insects Victoria, pt. 5, 1911, pp. 

 40-43, pi. 105. 



French, C. Journ. Dep. Agr. Vic- 

 toria, pp. 12, 13, Dec, 1913. 



Fig. 104.— Tobacco cutworm {Amsacta lactinea): Adult. 

 (Maxwell-Lefroy.) 



Lonchsea splendida. 



(Metallic Tomato Fly. Trypetidse; Diptera.) 



Hosts: Tomato, potato, eggplant, other Solanacese. 



Injziry: Breeds in fruit, attacking perfectly healthy tomatoes. 



Description: Fly, metallic blu- 

 ish green or dark bronze green, 

 wings smoky pink, head and legs 

 black, body tapering, eyes large 

 and prominent. 



Distribution: New Zealand, 

 Australia, Pacific Islands. 



B. OTHER IMPORTANT TOMATO 

 INSECTS. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Gelechiidse. 



^Phlhorimxa operculella Zeller. (See 

 Potato.) 



Fig. 103. — Tobacco cutworm (Prodenia lilura): Larva, pupa, 

 adult. (Maxwell-Lcfro}'.) 



Noctuidse. 



Micromima Olivia: Cuba; leaf roller on tomato, tobacco, and eggplant. 



DIPTERA. 

 Trypetldae. 



D acus ciicurbitx Coqmllett; India, Ceylon, Hawaii; attacks fruit. (See Cucurbits.) 

 Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann; attacks fruit. (See Fruit.) 



