112 INSECTS OF ECONO^IIC IMPORTANCE 



Tufted looper (Ania limboda). 

 Leaf hoppers (Typhlocyba sps.). 



TOBACCO PESTS 



Tobacco fea-beetle ^ {Epitrix parviila) 



Order — Coleoptera 



A small yellowish-brown flea-beetle about 1-20 of 

 an inch long; it eats small cavities in undersides of 

 leaves that finally become holes ; the beetles appear 

 in the spring and lay their eggs on or near the soil ; 

 they hatch in a week ; the larvae feed on rootlets and 

 attain growth in about 2 weeks ; pupae are found in 

 the soil; at least 4 broods in North Carolina; adult 

 weevils pass the winter. 



Control — Destroy all weeds of the potato fam- 

 ily ; in seed beds and in fields use arsenate of lead. 



Southern tobacco horn-worm ^ (PJilcgcthontius 



sexfa) 

 Order — Lepidoptera 



Large green worms with horn on posterior end 

 of body; they eat ravenously and do much injury; 

 when full grown go into soil to pupate ; pupa large 

 and proboscis forms a handle-like organ ; life cycle 

 in summer about six weeks in South; two broods; 

 last brood passes winter in ground as pupae; the 

 adult moth has wing expanse of about 5 inches. 



Control — Hand pick; dust tobacco with pow- 

 dered arsenate of lead. 



Tobacco split worm ^ {PhthorinKva operculcUa) 

 Order — Lepidoptera 



Eggs laid on leaves of plant ; larvae mine between 



6 Metcalf and Underbill— N. C. Expt. Stat., Bull. 239. 



7 Morgan— U. S. Bu. Ent, Circ. 123. 



8 Chittenden— U. S. Bu. Ent., Circ. 162. 



