INSECTS INFESTING THE CHERRY TREE. 137 



CHAPTER LXXVI. 



The Cherry-tree Tortrix. (Cal.) 



(LoxoUenia cerasivorana — Fitch.) 



Order, Lepidoptera ; Family, ToRTRiciDiE. 



[Living on cherry trees, between two leaves, or in commu- 

 nities in a large nest formed by fastening the leaves and 

 branches together with silken threads ; a nearly naked, pale- 

 yellow caterpillar, with the head and a spot on top of the 

 fore and hind parts of the body, black.] 



This caterpillar pupates within its nest, and a short time 

 before the perfect moth issues, the pupa works itself part way 

 out of the nest. 



The moth (Fig. 114) expands from nine to thirteen lines, is 

 of a pale ochre-3'ellow color, marked with pale leaden spots 

 or bands ; the hind wings, and the under side of all the wings 

 are pale yellow. 



Fig. 114. — Cherry Tortrix — colors, yel- Fig. 114. 



lowish and brown. ggCTl^jyi^g^^^ 



Remedies. — When the tree is dormant, ^^^pn^^^T 

 spray with No. 13 — five pounds of the mix- ^**fe^®\^ii^ 

 ture to six gallons of water; or, No. 11 or 

 12. As soon as the fruit sets well from blossom, use Nos. 5 

 and 7. 



CHAPTER LXXVII. 



The Cherry Worm. (Cal.) 



Order, Hymenoptera ; Family, Texthredixid^. 



[A small twenty-footed larva, eating into cherries.] 

 Specimens of cherries infested by a small, twenty-footed 

 larva, have been received from at least three localities, situ- 

 ated about thirty miles from each other. 



The larva (Fig. 115, Plate 1), when full grown, measures 

 about three lines in length; color — body yellowish-white, 

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