INSECTS 



E, tetraquetrana has been reported by Baily from Paul, and a single specimen was captured at 

 Boscastle. E. similana was taken by Pearse near Doublebois. E. pflugiana was found by Marshall 

 in the east of the county, and was fairly common about Stratton in June, 1904. E. brunnichiana 

 was obtained by Tellam near Withiel a few years ago, and is said to be plentiful at times in that 

 neighbourhood. E. turbidana was taken by Marshall at Cargreen, and has occurred near Bude. 

 Three examples of E. bilunana were captured by Baily at Paul. E. solandriana was found by Marryat 

 at Looe, and has been reported from Newquay. E. semi/uscana is not uncommon locally in the ea^t 

 and south-east of the county. E. scopoliana and E. cana were taken sparingly round Penzance by 

 Atmore. Hemlmene alplnana has been sent in from Liskeard. H. petiverella is generally distributed 

 and fairly common all over the county, including St. Mary's and Tean, Scilly. H. simp/iciana 

 occurs near Newquay, and in 1902 was common. Atmore took Lipoptycha plumbana near Penzance, 

 and it was found last year at Wanson Mouth, Bude. Pammene rhediella is not uncommon in the 

 east about hawthorn, but is a rare casual elsewhere. Two specimens of P. splendidulana were seen 

 and one captured at St. Germans in May, 1902. P. argyrana is at times fairly common on broad 

 hedges and the outskirts of woods in the east of the county, but apparently unknown in the middle 

 and west. P. spiniana appears to be widely distributed, but somewhat local and scarce. It has not 

 been reported west of the Falmouth district. P. regiana was found by Atmore sparingly on the 

 trunks of sycamores about Penzance. Atmore took a single specimen of Laspeyrtsia ianthinana near 

 Penzance in July, 1886. L. perlepidana is represented by two somewhat worn specimens taken by 

 Pearson near Hayle. L. internana appears to be confined to East Cornwall, where it has been 

 obtained by Marshall and others. The larvae of L. compositella appeared on some seeding clovers in 

 the neighbourhood of Wadebridge in 1897, but has not been seen there since 1901. The damage 

 was very slight, and confined to a few small patches. L. nigricana is widely distributed over the 

 eastern part of the county, but is rather scarce. It has not been taken west of Liskeard. L. legu- 

 minana was obtained several times at Falmouth by Pearson and others between 1899 and 1902. In 

 some seasons L. ulicetana is most abundant about furze throughout the county, including Scilly. In 

 1904 it was remarkably scarce, but was very plentiful in 1905. Carpocapsa pomonella, the codlin 

 moth, is in some years one of the most destructive pests on the apple crop in the county. The 

 females appear about the middle of May or a little later, and attach their eggs for the most part 

 singly to the skin of the swelling fruit. The emerging caterpillars eat their way straight to the 

 core of the young apple. Though often abundant this moth is not much seen on account of its 

 retiring habits. The larvae of C. splendana are occasionally plentiful in acorns in the north-east 

 and east of the county, and have been found as far west as Falmouth. Beech nuts are at intervals 

 attacked by the larvae of C. grossana, but the insect is rarely taken. Epinotia aurana is not uncom- 

 mon throughout the county on the outskirts of woods and the broad overgrown margins of country 

 roads. E. albersana has been bred at Truro from larvae taken in the folded leaves of honeysuckle. 

 Plums have been twice sent in from the east of the county containing the larvae of E.funebrana. 

 E. hypericana was taken by Baily on more than one occasion about Penzance. 



TORTRICIDAE 



Rhacodia caudana is generally distributed about woods and streams throughout the county, but 

 is rather scarce. Acalla cristana occurs locally as far west as Doublebois and Newquay. The 

 beautiful variety fulvocristana, Steph. has been taken on the banks of the Lynher. A. hastiana is 

 evidently scarce, but has been thrice taken in the neighbourhood of St. Germans. A. rufana is 

 occasionally obtained in dense irregular hedgebanks about Saltash and Callington, and A. sponsana 

 appears to favour the deep lanes of the same district, especially in the vicinity of Ellbridge. A. literana 

 has been found very sparingly in woods by the side of the Tamar and about Poundstock. A. boscana 

 has been taken in the gardens along Tregoll's Road, Truro, and near Penzance. A. mixtana 

 seems to be limited to the Luxulian valley. C. logiana is represented by two specimens of the 

 variety trigonana, taken by Baily at Paul in 1 893. C. variegana is generally distributed, and as a 

 rule common along hedgebanks and narrow strips of wood. C. permutana was reported from East 

 Cornwall by Marshall. A. schalleriana is scarce and evidently local. It has been recorded from 

 the east of the county, from Truro and from Penzance. One specimen of A. comariana was taken 

 and several seen by Ilott over a strawberry bed at Nance, near Truro. A. contaminana appears 

 almost everywhere about the Tamar and Lynher, and Baily reports three specimens from the Land's 

 End district. A pale form seems to replace the type about St. Germans. A.ferrugana has been 

 reported twice from birches in the upper Tamar district, and one was captured last year in the 

 Lynher valley. A. aspenana has been recorded by Jenkinson from Scilly. A. holmiana is generally 

 distributed and common along well-covered hedgebanks and in neglected orchards. Two specimens 

 of the northern species Philedone gerningana were taken by Baily at Paul. The very local Epagoge 

 grotlana is recorded by Marshall from the east, and by Jenkinson from Scilly. Capua angustiorana 



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