Il5 MAIX£ AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



THE OBLiouE-BANTDED LEAF ROLLER. Caccscia rosaiia, Hams. 

 This is a native species, reported from several localities in the 

 United States, and one of several species responsible for the 

 destruction of the buds and foliage of apple trees. We have 

 bred it from the leaves of the apple, currant and strawberry in 

 Maine. It also feeds upon the plum, pear, peach, chern.^. rose, 

 and a great varietv* of other trees and shrubs. 



Description. 



Eggs. — So far as we know, the eggs have not been described. 



Larva. — ^Length .8 of an inch; livid green when young, becoming j'el- 

 lowish green, reddish or brownish with age. Head oval, top of first 

 segment yellow or brown; usually a darker green stripe along the back. 

 The ;:5:rr::r half of the s^ments wrinkled transversely, and bearing a 

 fe~. r:::r utr tubercles from which single hairs arise. When mature the 

 lar- £. ;::rs i ;:h: lining to the leaf in which it liv^ and changes to a 

 chrysalis oi a dark brown color from which emerges the moth. 



Perfect Insect. — ^A short, broad, flat, bell shaped moth, with about one 

 inch spread of wing. The wings pale, reddish brown, crossed with wa\'7, 

 pale brown lines and with three oblique darker brown bands, one of 

 which covers the base of the wings, another the middle and the third a 

 triangular spot on the front margin near tne tip. 



Life History. 

 As soon as the leaves start, the caterpillars begin to coil up 

 and fasten together the young leaves which they feed upon, and 

 in which they find shelter. They attack the buds, leaves and also 

 the young fruit, gnawing its surface or eating deep holes into it. 

 . They are full grown the last of June or early in July, when each 

 lines its leaf house with silk, and changes to the chrysalis, from 

 which the moth emerges the last of July. There is a second 

 brood in August. We know nothing of its egg laying habits, 

 or how or where it spends the winter. 



Remedies. 

 The same remedies may be used for this insect as for the bud 

 moth. 



