Insects Injurious to the Apple. 



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FIG. 47. MALES AND FEMALE OF THE 

 MOTTLED UMBER MOTH. 



had been gnawed by these larva?. 



In 1902 specimens of similar damage 



were received from Yorkshire and 



from a gardener in Nottinghamshire. 

 The damage to foliage is, however, 



of greatest importance. Although 



generally distributed the Mottled 



Umber Moth is not nearly so harm- 

 ful as the Winter Moth. .Neverthe- 



less great damage is now and then 



done by it to fruit trees, especially 



those situated near oak woods, etc. 



Mr. Paget - Norbury of Malvern 



Links has several times written 



complaining of this insect, which 



was particularly abundant on his 



trees near some oaks and some of 



which had been badly damaged, 



especially in 1905 and 1906. It 



has also been sent me with notes of 



its destructive habits from many places in Kent, from other parts of 



Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Huntingdonshire, Cam- 

 bridgeshire and South Devon. In the latter county Major Vigors 



sent it from Whimple where it was doing damage to peaches. 



The food plants are 

 just as varied as those 

 of the former species. 

 Amongst orchard fruit 

 may be mentioned 

 besides apple, plum, 

 cherry, pear, and cob 

 and filbert nuts. 

 Cherry growers in 

 Kent have often com- 

 plained of its gnawing 

 away the fruitlets, 

 eating out round holes 

 down to the stone, just 

 as the Winter Moth 

 does. Specimens of 



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FK, 48.-OVA OF MOTTLED UMBER MOTH. $** ***& ^ ^ 



(x 20.) sent by the Fruit 



