APPLE MOTH CODLING MOTH. 



COMMONLY CALLED APPLE WORM. 



PLATE IX. 



1. The Larva or Caterpillar of the Apple Moth resting on a part of the Core of an Apple. 



2. Pear, July 6, showing the Borings of the Apple Worm. 



3. Pear, July 1 8. The dark spots near the blossom end indicate the worm at work under them. There is 



usually a depression at this part. 



4 and 5. A very common appearance of the early Summer Apples from the operations of the Apple Worm 

 during the month of July. The Worm, Fig. I, was taken from the Apple, Fig. 4, and is not quite 

 full grown. 



6. Is the half of a Westfield Seek-no-further, cut open March 1 7, and is an exact representation of the original. 



This shows that even such injuries will not always prevent the fruit from keeping through the 

 winter. 



7. The Moth at rest, natural size. 



8. The Moth with the wings expanded. These were painted from living specimens on the i8th of June. 



MORRIS calls this moth Penthina pomonella (Carpocapsa). Emmons, Carpocapsa 

 pomonella. Say does not mention it in his works. Harris says, " it is not a grub but 

 a true caterpillar, belonging to the Tbr/ra tribe, and in due time is changed to a moth 

 called Carpocapsa fomonella, the Codling Moth, or Fruit Moth of the Apple." Kirby 

 and Spence speak of it as one of the enemies of the Apple in England. Reaumur gives 

 its history, and says, " It is a species of moth common in Europe (Carpocapsa pomonella), 

 the caterpillar of which feeds in the centre of our apples, thus occasioning them to 

 fall." An anonymous writer in the Entomological Magazine of London has well 

 remarked, " that this Moth is the most beautiful of the beautiful tribe to which it 

 belongs ; yet, from its habits not being known, it is seldom seen in the moth state ; 

 and the apple-grower knows no more than the man in the moon to what cause he is 

 indebted for the basketfuls of worm-eaten windfalls in the stillest weather." 



