INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APPLE AND PEAR 



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The Pistol Case-bearer* and the Cigar Case-bearer f 



These interesting little case-bearers have long been known as 

 apple insects, but only in comparatively recent years have they 

 done sufficient injury to attract attention. Both species have 



FIG. 480 The pistol case-bearer (Coleophora malivorella Riley). a, apple 

 twig showing larval cases and work on leaves; 6, larva; c, pupa; d, moth, 

 6, c, d, enlarged. (After Riley.) 



done serious damage in New York by boring into the young buds 

 and blossoms, and eating off the surface of the leaves, so that in 

 some cases orchards have been practically defoliated The pistol 



FIG. 481. The cigar case-bearer" (Coleophora fletcherella Fernald) : a, adult 

 female; 6, side view of pupa and upper view of cremaster of same; c, larva; 

 d, egg; e, venation of wings much enlarged. (After Hammar, U S. 

 Dept. Agr.) 



* Coleophora malivorella Riley. Family Elachistidce. See V. H. Lowe 

 Bulletin 122, N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. 



t Coleophora fletcherella Fernald. Family Elachistidce. See M. V. Slinger- 

 iand, Bulletin 93, Cornell Univ. Agr. Sta.; A. G Hammar, Bulletin 80, Part Ii, 

 Buieau of Entomology, U S. Dept. Agr. 



