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Anarsia ephippias, Meyr. 

 1. 1. L. p. 534, t. 56 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 51, 53, 91. 

 Occurs probably throughout the Plains of India as a very minor 

 pest of pulses. We have it from the following loj^alities and food 

 plants : — 



Coimbatore 

 Virajpet (Coorg) 

 Nagpur 



Gondra (Bihar) . 

 Pusa 



. Red-gram (Cajanvs indicus). 



. Wild Acacia flowers. 



. rrld. 



. Indigo. 



. Groundnut leaves and top-shoots, moth 

 leaves and top-shoots, vrid top-shoots, 

 Dolichos biflcrux, soy-bean, 7nung (boring 

 flowers and pods). 



Control : — Hand-picking of spun-up leaves and shoots. 



Anarsia acerala, Meyr. 

 Meyr., B. J. XXII, 169 (1913). 

 Bred at Saidapet in October 1906 from larva on Red-gram {Cajanus 

 indicus). Not a pest. 



Anarsia ■melanoplecta, Meyr. 



Meyr., B. J. XXII 774 (1914) ; I. I. L. p. 534-; Entl. Note 78; 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 221. 

 At Pusa the larva burrows in young mango shoots but it is not 

 common as a rule and scarcely a pest. Also reared at Nagpiu: from 

 mango flowers [1 from twigs in cage with the flowers]. 



Anarsia onioptila, Meyr. MS. 

 Bred at Coimbatore in October 1908 from larva folding leaves of 

 Red-gram {Cajamis indicus). Not known to be a pest. 



Anarsia exallacta, Meyr. MS. 

 Bred at Pusa, 7 October 1912, from larva in top-leaves of Cajanus 

 indicus. 



Anarsia sagiUaria, Meyr. 

 Meyr., B. J. XXII, 774-775 (1914). 

 Bred at Pusa in June- August from larvae in top-shoots of ber 

 Zizyphus jujuba). Not a pest. 



