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INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD 



moth * (Fig. 139). This insect was practically unknown until 

 1877, but during recent years it has occasioned the loss of many 

 thousands of dollars to mill-owners. It occurs throughout 



FIG. 139. -The Mediterranean flour-moth (Ephestia kuehnieUa): a, moth; 6, 

 same from side, resting; c, larva; d, pupa enlarged; e, abdominal joint 

 of larva more enlarged; /, larva, dorsal view. (After Chittenden 

 TJ. S. Dept. Agr.) 



FIG. 140. The Indian meal-moth (Plodia inter punctelld): a, moth; b, pupa; 

 c, caterpillar; /, same, dorsal view somewhat enlarged; d, head, and e, 

 first abdominal segment of caterpillar more enlarged. (After Chitten- 

 den, U. S. Dept. Agr.) 



Europe, and is found in Mexico and Chili. It was first recognized 

 in America in 1889, and has since done an increasing amount 

 of damage in California, in Xew York and Pennsylvania, Xorth 

 Carolina, Alabama, New Mexico, and Colorado, and has become 



* Ephestia kuehnieUa Zell. Family Pyralidce. See W. G. Johnson, 

 Appendix 19th Report State Entomologist of Illinois, and F. L. Washburn, 

 Special Report of the State Entomologist of Minnesota on the Mediter- 

 ranean flour-moth. 



