THE BUD MOTH 6 



rectly placed in the genus Tmetocera Lederer. The species comitana 

 Hbn., a synonym of ocellana D. and S., was designated by Curtis (2) 

 in 1835 as the type of the genus Spilonota Stephens. Tmetocera is, 

 therefore, identical with the older genus Spilonota Stephens. 



The variety lariciana Heinemann, said to have been reared in 

 Europe from the larch, has been reared in the United States from 

 apple foliage, but there is no American record of it as a larch feeder. 



Spilonota ocellana (D. & S.) 



Tortrix ocellana Denis and Schiffermiiller, 1776, in Syst. Verzeichn, Sclunett. 



Wien, p. 130. 

 Pyralis luscana Fabricius, 1794, in Ent. Syst, t. 3, p. 2, p. 255. 

 Tortrix comitana Hiibner, 1800, in Samml. Eur. Schmett., v. 5, Lepidop, VII, 



Tortrices II, pi. 3, fig. 16. 

 Spilonota comitana (Htibn.) in Stephens, 1829, Cat. Brit. Insects, pt. 2, p. 174, 



No. 6914. 

 Penthina oculana Harris, 1841, in Treatise on Insects, p. 348-349. 

 Tmetocera ocellana (D. & S.) in Lederer, 1859, Wien. Ent. Monatschr., Nr. 



12, Band 3, p. 367-368. 

 Hedya pyrifoliana Clemens, 1860, in Proc. Phil. Acad. Sci., p. 357. 

 var. lariciana Heinemann 1S63, in Schmett. Eur. Deutsch., Bd. 1, Heft. 1, 

 Abth. 2. 



COMMON NAME 



This insect has been variously called the bud moth, the bud worm, 

 and the eye-spotted bud moth. The last name has been very generally 

 used, and refers to certain more or less eyelike markings on the fore- 

 wings of the moth. The moths themselves, however, are seldom noted 

 by anj r but entomologists, and the first part of this name has little 

 significance to the average fruit grower, although he is usually all 

 too familiar with the work of the larvse in the fruit buds. The 

 name officially adopted for this species by the American Association 

 of Economic Entomologists is the bud moth, and this name will be 

 used in this bulletin. 



FOOD PLANTS 



The following list of food plants, which has been brought together 

 from all available sources, shows the bud moth to be a very general 

 feeder. 



Alnus sp. 3 Alder. 



Carpinus sp Hornbeam. 



Crataegus sp Hawthorn. 



Chaenomeles lagenaria (Loisel. ) Japanese quince. 



Cydonia oblonga Mill Quince. 



Fagus sypvatica purpurea Ait Purple beech. 



f.arix sp. 3 Larch. 



Myriea gate L. 3 Sweetgale. 



Amygdalus persica L Peach. 



Prunus spp Cherry, plum, prune, etc. 



Pjfrus communis L Pear. 



Mains sylvestris Mill Apple. 



Pyrus spp Flowering crab, crab apple, etc. 



Quercus imbricaria Michx Shingle oak. 



Quercus sp Oak. 



Rubv.s spp Blackberry, raspberry. 



Sorbu/) aucuparia L. 3 European mountain-ash. 



Recorded as a food plant in Europe but not in North America. 



