CONTROL OF INSECTS IN TOBACCO 







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-Damage to leaves of flue-cured tobacco by larvae of the tobacco moth. 

 Approximately !/5 natural size. 



OTHER PESTS OF TOBACCO 



Several insects other than the cigarette beetle and the tobacco moth 

 also feed on tobacco and may occasionally cause some injury. 



The larger tobacco beetle (Gatorama tabaci Guer.) is primarily a 

 tropical species, but has been reported from Florida and Puerto Rico. 

 It attacks cured tobacco in much the same way as does the cigarette 

 beetle. It resembles the cigarette beetle, but is larger and black instead 

 of brown. 



The phycitid moth Tlascdla finitella (Wlkr.) was taken from flue- 

 cured tobacco at Richmond, Va., in 1932, and occasional individuals 

 have been observed since that time. 



The larva of an Aglossa moth, presumably cupreolis (Hbn.), feeds 

 on moldy or partly decayed tobacco, and is sometimes observed in 

 warehouses and f armers , packhouses. 



The following species are listed in approximately the order of their 

 prevalence : 



Tribolium confusum Duv. 

 Trlbolium castaneum (Host.) 

 Henoticus serradus (Gyll.) 

 A h asversu s adven a ( Waltl . ) 

 Typhaea stercorea (L.) 

 . I ii tJi renus verba sci ( L. ) 

 Lepisma saccharina (L. ) 

 Ptinus brunneus (Duft.) 

 Attagenus plceus (Oliv. ) 

 Trogoderma tarsalis Melsh. 



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Oryzaepliilus surinamensis (L.) 

 Mezium americanwm Lap. 

 D moderns brevis (Horn) 

 StenoMum pan tecum (L. ) 

 Sitophilus oryza (L. ) 

 Dermestes maoulatus Deg. 

 Tenebrio obscurus F. 

 Tenebrio molitor L. 

 AntMcus cervinus Laf. 

 Anthicus floralis (L. ) 



