Insects Injurious to the Apple. 



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lAI.ES ANI> KKMALE OF THE 

 'Tl.EIi rJIBEK MOTH. 



had been gnawed by these larvcC. 



In 1902 specimens of similar damage 



were received from Yorkshire and 



from a gardener in Nottinghamshire. 

 Tlie damage to foliage is, liowever, 



of greatest importance. Althongh 



generally distributed the Mottled 



Umber Moth is not nearly so harm- 

 ful as the Winter Moth. Neverthe- 

 less great damage is now and then 



done by it to fruit trees, especially 



those situated near oak woods, etc. 



Mr. Paget - Xorbury of jMalvern 



Links has several times written 



complaining of this insect, which 



was particularly abundant on his 



trees near some oaks and some of 



whicli had been badly damaged, 



especially in 1905 and 190G. It 



has also been sent me with notes of 



its destructive habits from many places in Kent, from other parts of 



Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Huntingdonshire, Cam- 



bridgesliire and South Devon. In the latter county Major A'igors 



sent it from Whimple where it was doing damage to peaclies. 



The food plants are 

 just as varied as those 

 of the former species. 

 Amongst orchard fruit 

 may be mentioned 

 besides apple, plum, 

 cherry, pear, and cob 

 and filbert nuts. 

 Cherry growers in 

 Kent have often com- 

 plained of its gnawing 

 away the fruitlets, 

 eating out round holes 

 down to the stone, just 

 as the Winter jMoth 

 does. Specimens of 

 this damage were also 



FIG. 48.— OVA OF MOTTLED UMBER MOTH. '^ i ■. • 



(x 20.) sent by the Iruit 



