194 LEPIDOPiJiKA ^Muinia;. 



The RaspheiTy Shoot-borer [Lamproiiia rubiella). 



Easpberry shoots are often attacked by the larvse of one of 

 the TineiniB. This moth comes out in June, and lays its eggs 

 under the fine skin of the canes ; from these hatch the larvae 

 in August, which feed upon the leaves and then hibernate in 

 the winter under the dead leaves and in the 

 canes. In the spring they come forth and 

 bore into the shoots, where they pupate in 

 May. The shoots thus die, especially the 

 young ones, and wither up. The larva is 

 red, with a black head, with the second seg- 

 ment brown above, about \ inch long. The 

 moth is about ^ of an inch in wing ex- 

 panse ; the fore- wings are shiny brown with 

 yellow dots, two being large spots on the 

 STOOT-loM^tS?™- inner margin and four smaller ones along 



uitt ru&ieifct), imago and j.-i „rtn+„ 

 lavva. (Whiteliead.) ^"-^ COSta. 



Prevention. — After a bad attack of L. 

 rubiella it is advisable to cut back the canes and burn them, 

 and let them make a fresh growth next year. Applications 

 round the stocks in the early spring, of soot and lime or paraffin 

 and sand, are said to do some good : poles with the rind on should 

 always be avoided, as they harbour the larvse in the winter. 



Another related species, Incurvaria eapitella, or the Currant- 

 borer, works on currant shoots and also on raspberry. The 

 moth is dark brown with a purplish tinge, with a pale yellow 

 band near the inner margin of the wing and two yellow spots on 

 the fore-wings. The eggs are laid in May, and the larva remains 

 in the shoots until the next spring. The larva is greenish, with 

 a red patch on the 9th segment and black 2nd segment. 



A number of Tineinae attack stored corn, especially in mills, 

 such as the Com Moth (Tinea grandla) and the Mediterranean 

 Flour Moth {Ephestia Jdihniella), but they are of little concern 

 to the farmer and fruit-grower. 



