62 First Report on Economic Zoology. 



SUB-GEOUP B. ANIMALS WHICH CAUSE INJURY OR 

 DISEASE TO MAN'S VEGETABLE PLANTATIONS. 



Section I. 

 Animals Injurious to Agriculture. 



FRUIT PESTS. 

 The Bud Moth. 



{Hedya ocellana, Fab.) 



Numerous enquires have been made during the past summer 

 concerning the larvte of a small Tortricid Moth which damages the 

 buds of various fruit trees when they are bursting and for some time 

 after. These larvcC which are prevalent to a greater or less extent 

 every year are mostly those of the Bud Moth {Hedya ocellana, Fab.). 

 This fruit pest has long been known in Europe, Kollar having 

 described its ravages as far back as 1857. Since that date little 

 has been added to our knowledge in Europe, but in 1896 Slingerland 

 published a detailed account of its life-history. The accounts of 

 Kollar and Slingerland differ in some essential points, but the insect 

 they write about is undoubtedly the same. It is quite probable 

 that both observers are right, the insect living in two ways, as we 

 see may occur in the case of the Colorado Beetle {vide p. 87). The 

 Bud Moth not only occurs in Europe, but also on the North American 

 Continent, both in Canada and the United States. The south of 

 England has been most affected by its presence, but it occurs in the 

 western and eastern counties. It has been especially recorded from 

 Bournemouth. Most fruit trees are subject to its ravages, but cheny 

 and apple suffer to the greatest extent. The " Bud Moth " has been 

 described under a great variety of names, some of which are given 



below : — 



Hedya ocellana, Fab. 

 Penthina ocellana, Tr. 

 Sjnlonota ocellana, 

 Pyralis luscana, Fab. 

 Tortrix comitana, Hb. 

 Tmetocera ocellana, Schiff. 

 Penthina oculana, Harris. 

 Penthina pyrifoliana, Clem. 



