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the Tortricids are some species even more important than 

 in the foregoing family. The most widely known of these 

 is the Codling-moth or the apple-worm. (See page 319, 

 Part II.) 



Other Tortricids are the Bud-moth, which injures the 

 early shoots of the apple in the spring; the Strawberry 

 Leaf -roller and 

 other, so-called 

 leaf-folders and 

 leaf-crumplers. 



The Tineina 

 are the smallest 

 of the Lepidop- 

 tera. They may 

 be recognized by 

 their narrow 



FIG. 50. The Codling Moth, a Type of 

 Tortricina. Greatly Enlarged. 



wings fringed 

 with long hairs. Most of the plant eaters in this 

 family are leaf-miners, feeding between the two epi- 

 dermal layers of the leaf and forming mines of various 

 shapes, often characteristic of the species. Very few 

 common plants are not subject to the attacks of at least 

 one species of leaf-miners, although not many are seri- 

 ously injured by such attacks. The Tineids which prob- 

 ably attract the most notice are the common Clothes Moths. * 

 There are several species of these, but they are similar in 

 their general appearance. They may be best controlled 

 by placing all clothing made of woolens, silk, feathers and 

 fur, in a large goods box with a tight lid, preferably on 

 a back porch and fumigating with carbon bi-sulphide 

 at the rate of one-half pound to the hundred cubic 

 feet of space. Leave the clothes in the box for twenty- 

 * See page 220, Part II. 



