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States, occurring rather generally over the East and having. also been. reperted 
from California and Texas. It is a very general feeder, attacking deciduous 
fruits, truck crops, flowers, shrubs, trees, etc., but only occasionally are its in- 
juries to the apple very important, 
as during seasons of unusual abund- 
ance, or in orchards insufficiently 
sprayed. 
The insect hibernates in the pupa 
stage, the pupa being less than half 
an inch in length and brownish in 
color, The moth emerges early in 
the spring and deposits its yellowish 
eggs in flat masses (fig. 40) on the 
twigs of the apple and other food 
plants. The moth is brownish with 
a wing expanse slightly over half an 
inch. Across the forewing of the 
female there is a relatively large. 
dark red band. The full - grown 
larvse are greenish and about three- 
fourths of an inch long. Two or 
three generations are thought to 
occur cach year in the vicinity of Washington and probably only two farther 
north. 
The usual orchard spraying schedule as recommended for the codling moth 
(p. 6) should hold this insect well in check. 
lig. 389.—Injury to apple by red-banded 
leaf-roller. 
SERPENTINE FRUIT-MINER.” 
The larve of this minute moth make long, narrow, winding mines or trails 
just under the skin of the apple (fig. 41), greatly disfiguring it and lessening its 
keeping qualities. Thus far this insect, which has been called the serpentine 
fruit-miner, has not been sufficiently abundant to be the cause of much injury, 
though it is the subject of some inquiry, because of the unusual appearance of 
the injured fruit. Only recently has the adult been obtained and the exact 
identity of the miner determined. It is doubtless a native species and has been 
reported from Delaware, New York, Illinois, Oregon, and the Ozark Mountain 
regions. It apparently feeds only on the apple, 
though related species are miners on the twigs and 
branches of various plants. Little is known con- 
cerning its life history and habits, though it is sup- 
posed to winter in the larva stage. No experiments 
have been reported on methods of control of this 
species, as it has not been sufficiently important to 
necessitate careful study. 
ROSY APHIS.” 
The rosy aphis, a small, sucking insect, is un- 
questionably at the present time the most injurious 
of the plant-lice attacking the foliage and fruit 
of the apple. It causes annually an important 
loss. This aphis curls the foliage, especially 
that surrounding the fruit (fig. 42), and also attacks the fruit stems and the 
fruit. The latter often becomes dwarfed and distorted. resulting in the so- 
Fic. 40.—Egg mass of red- 
banded leaf-roller, 
1 Marmara pomonella Buseck. _“Anuraphis roseus Baker, 
