U.S. D. A., B. E. Bul. 80, Part IIT. D. F. I. 1., August 12, 1909. 
PAPERS ON DECIDUOUS FRUIT INSECTS AND INSECTICIDES. 
ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE LESSER APPLE 
WORM. 
(Enarmonia prunivora Walsh.) 
By 8. W. Foster and P. R. Jongs, 
Engaged in Deciduous Fruit Insect Investigations. 
INTRODUCTION. 
The prevalence of the lesser apple worm throughout the apple- 
growing districts of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, 
as was pointed out by this Bureau in 1908, has awakened considerable 
interest among apple growers and others, and as the insect has become 
better known its importance as a pest is more fully realized. Espe- 
cially noticeable is the late fall injury caused by the later broods, some 
of the larve of which work in the fruit for weeks after the crop is 
harvested. 
The principal purpose of the present paper is to record additional 
information on the life history and habits® of the insect, and to 
give a description of the egg, which was first observed during the 
summer of 1908, both at Siloam Springs, Ark., and in the insectary 
of the Bureau of Entomology, at Washington, D. C. 
It is-also desirable to separate, in so far as possible, the injurious 
work of the lesser apple worm from that of a larva of another species 
which closely resembles it, and which latter feeds on the twigs as well 
as the fruit at certain seasons of the year. 
All life-history studies were made under normal out-of-door con- 
ditions. The senior author, with the cooperation of Mr. E. L. Jenne, 
made the observations at Siloam Springs, Ark., and the junior 
author, who also furnished the description and photomicrograph 
of the egg, conducted the observations at 5 a ashington. 
a The history, epation, ane charmeter ai injury of this species — ‘pon fully 
given by Mr. A. L. Beeaaiauaels in Bul. 68, Part V, of this Bureau, and reference to 
these points will be omitted here. 
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