62 First Report on Economic Zoology. 



SUE-GROUP B. ANIMALS WHICH CAUSE INJURY OR 

 DISEASE TO MAN'S VEGETABLE PLANTATIONS. 



Section I. 

 Animals Injurious to Agriculture. 



FRUIT PESTS. 

 The Bud Moth. 



{Hedya oceUana, Eab.) 



Numerous enquires have been made during the past summer 



concerning the larvae of a small Toitricid Moth which damages the 



buds of various fruit trees when they are bursting and for some time 



after. These larvte which are prevalent to a greater or less extent 



every year are mostly those of the Bud i\Ioth {Hedya ocdlana, Fab.). 



This fruit pest has long been known in Eui'ope, KoUar ha^dng 



described its ravages as far back as 1857. Since that date little 



has been added to our knowledge in Europe, but in 1896 Slingerland 



published a detailed accoimt of its life-history. The accounts of 



Kollar and Slingerland differ in some essential points, but the insect 



they write about is undoubtedly the same. It is quite probable 



that both observers are right, the insect living in two ways, as we 



see may occur in the case of the Colorado Beetle {vide p. 87). The 



Bud Moth not only occurs in Europe, but also on the North American 



Continent, both in Canada and the LTnited States. The south of 



England has been most affected by its presence, but it occurs in the 



western and eastern counties. It has been especially recorded from 



Bournemouth. Most fruit trees are subject to its ravages, but cherry 



and apple suffer to the gi-eatest extent. The " Bud Moth " has been 



described under a great variety of names, some of which are given 



below : — 



Hedya oceUana, Fab. 

 Fenthina oceUana, IV. 

 Spilonota oceUana. 

 PyraUs luscana, Fab. 

 Tortrix comitana, Hb. 

 Tmetocera oceUana, Rchifif. 

 Fenthina ocuJana, Harris. 

 Fenthina i^yr if oUana, Clem. 



