4 BULLETIN 12*73, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



DISTRIBUTION 



The exact distribution of the bud moth has been difficult to as- 

 certain, as the unfortunate confusion of the bud moth with numerous 

 species similar to it has doubtless given rise to a number of errone- 

 ous records. The map (fig. 1) shows the distribution of this species 

 in North America as indicated by available records. 



The extension of the range of the bud moth south of the District 

 of Columbia is based on reports in the correspondence files of the 

 Bureau of Entomology of its presence at Amherst Court House and 

 Waldrop, Va., Oakwoods, N. C, and Mclntyre, Ga. Through this 

 section the pest is apparently present at most in very small numbers. 

 A similar condition seems to exist in the Middle West. E. L. Webster 

 writes from North Dakota that he has no definite record of the bud 

 moth from that State. Fracker writes that, while the bud moth has 



Fig. 1. — Distribution of the bud moth, in North America 



been mentioned as occurring in Wisconsin, specimens accompanying 

 such reports have always turned out to be the leaf crumpler, Mineola 

 indigenella Zeller. Haseman, writing from Missouri, states that 

 there seem to be no official records of the presence of Spilonota ocel- 

 lana in that State. Dwight Isely, formerly of this bureau, reports 

 that in the course of extensive collecting he has never seen the bud 

 moth in Arkansas, or anywhere in the Ozarks. The pest is men- 

 tioned in experiment station publications from the other midwestern 

 States, but apparently is not present in serious abundance. The 

 areas of most serious infestation seem to be southeastern Canada, the 

 Northeastern States, northwestern group of States, and British 

 Columbia. 



The bud moth is said to occur throughout the British Isles and 

 Europe, except in the most southern countries. 



