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MAINE STATE COLLEGE 



FIG. 7. 

 The moth of the oblique- 

 banded, leaf-roller. 



THE OBLIQUE-BA>TDED LEAF-ROLLER. 



Cacoecia rosaceana, (Harris.) 

 Order Lepidoptera : Family Tortricid.e. 



On June 11, 1894, we received spec- 

 imens of the larvae of this insect from 

 Mr. Charles S. Pope, Manchester, Me. 

 Accompanying the specimens were cur- 

 rant twigs showing the work of this 

 insect. To make sure of the species we 

 allowed the larvse to transform. 



This insect is a general feeder having 

 been found upon many species of the Rose 

 and Saxifrage families and probably feeds 

 upon the leaves of the plants of other 

 families. The name leaf-roller applied to 

 this insect is derived from the habit the 

 larvae have of rolling the leaves of the 

 ^ food plant into hollow cylinders in which 



Larva and pupa of the thev live, 

 obliciue-banded leaf-roller. -J 



description. 



This insect may be known in the larval form by the pale green^ 

 yellowish green or reddish brown color with the head and top of 

 first segment brown. There is a dark green stripe along the back 

 and a few smooth dots from each segment bearing a short fine hair. 

 The cut, Fig. 8 shows the larvae somewhat enlarged. When full fed 

 the larvae changes to a chrysalis within the tube in which it lived. 



The chrysalis is shown. Fig. 8. From the chrysalis the bell 

 shaped moth shown in Fig. 7 comes forth. 



remedies. 

 The clusters of rolled leaves should be pinched and the larvae 

 killed if within reach. Spraying with pyrethnum or Paris green 

 would kill them. 



