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Very plentiful throughout the United Kingdom; also Europe 

 and Western China. In the young shoots of almost all kinds of 

 herbaceous plants and shrubs. It is sometimes double-brooded. 



Haw 



Midlands 



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mc nuwer auu seea neaas or oenecio jacooaea, s. nemorensis ana 

 allied plants. The larvae hibernate, pupating without further 

 feeding. 



Lithographia nisella, CI. 



Never plentiful, but widely distributed throughout the British 

 Isles ; also C. and S. Europe and Spain. In the catkins of sallow. 



Halonota pflugiana, Haw. (scutulana, Schiff.). 



A large tortrix, plentiful all over the Gardens. Found generally 

 in wild and damp country throughout the British Isles ; also 

 C. and S. Europe. The larva feeds from the Autumn till May on 

 Cnicus pahistris, C. lanceolatus, Carduus nutans and other plants ; 

 feeding first on the leaves and flower heads, later in the stem, 

 where it passes the winter. 



Carpocapsa pomonella, L. 



The well-known " codlin " moth. At times very destructive in 

 orchards. It is cosmopolitan, indeed is to be found wherever the 

 apple is grown. The larva eats a hole through the apple to get at 

 the pips on which it feeds. As it passes from apple to apple, 

 eating the pips only, it has been found that if the fruit is examined, 

 and the apples that have been bored on one side only are picked 

 off, a good deal of the crop may be saved. 



Carpocapsa splendana, Hub. 



A local insect in the south of England and a few western 

 counties : also C. Europe and Madeira. On acorns, and some- 

 times walnuts and Spanish chestnuts. 



Stigmonotidae. 

 Semasia woeberiana, Schiff. " The Woeberian Tortrix.* 



This common but beautifully marked little moth is abundant in 

 the Gardens. It is to be found throughout the United Kingdom, 

 very scarce in Ireland ; also Europe and Asia to Siberia. Larva 

 feeds on the inner bark of fruit trees, the excrement being pushed 



through 



Dup 



in Europe. 



Q. Occurs locally in England ; also 



Haw. (succedana, Frol.) 



Extremely abundant in the Gardens, little clouds of the moth 

 hovering in the sunshine over the furze. Found throughout the 



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