248 PESTS OF ORCHARD AND SMALL FRUITS 
The Peach Twig-moth (Anarsia lineatella Zell.) 
In the spring, about the time of blooming of peach trees, terminal 
clusters of leaves here and there wilt, and the twigs soon die. Close 
Fic. 328.— Work of the Peach Twig-moth. 
Original. 
examination will show 
that a tiny borer has 
been at work in the 
twigs, eating out the 
inner substance for 
an inch or so, or dig- 
ging out a hole in 
one side. The larva 
itself, if discovered, 
will be found to be 
quite small, with a 
dark head and dark 
terminal segment. 
Shortly the little 
gray moths, expand- 
ing about half an 
inch, are about, and 
a second brood is on 
the way. Later there 
is still another brood. 
The larve of these 
later generations 
often work in the 
young fruit, causing 
drops of gum to 
exude. 
The winter is passe 
as a larva, hidden away in a little chamber just under the outer 
bark, in the axil of a new shoot or bud. 
To control, spray with lime 
sulphur, at the time that the buds are first swelling, so as to kill the 
larva within its winter home. If this treatment is omitted, spray 
with arsenate of lead, 4 pounds to 50 gallons of water, just as the 
