478 MISC. PUBLICATION 657, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
may be found from May to July, and the moths emerge from early in 
July to early in September, depending on the climatic region. They 
are usually common, but are of little economic importance, “except that 
the nests often disfigure roadside shrubs. To control this insect cut 
and destroy the w ebs containing the larvae or spray with an arsenical 
(p. 53, formula 1). 
Archips fervidana (Clem.) is brownish with a wing expanse of 34 
to 7% inch. The forewing is yellowish brown with dark patches, as 
Figure 110.—Nest of the ugly-nest caterpillar (Archips cerasivorana) on wild 
cherry. 
in A. cerasivorana, and the hind wing is gray. The full-grown larva 
is about 34 inch long. The head and cervical shield are black, and 
the body isa gray green. It is generally distributed through the oak 
regions of the Northeastern States, and west to Wisconsin, and is 
usually common on scrub oak, also on seedling and sprout growth of 
red oak, black oak, and scarlet oak. The larvae live oregariously mn 
a web (fig. 111). Their life cycle and habits are very similar to those 
of A. cerasivorana, and the control is the same as for that species. 
The adult of the fruit tree leaf roller (Avchips argyrospila 
(Wlkr.)) is a brownish moth with a wing expanse of 5 to % inch. 
The forewings are mottled with cream, straw color, and brown scales, 
and have three more or less prominent cream-color ed areas along the 
costa. The tips of the wings are rectangular. The hind wings are 
mouse gray. Fifty to 100 eggs cemented together in small round or 
oval cOhvex masses are usually deposited on the smaller branches or 
