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First Report on Economic Zoology . 
SUB-GROUP B. ANIMALS WHICH CAUSE INJURY OR 
DISEASE TO MAN’S VEGETABLE PLANTATIONS. 
Section I. 
Animals Injurious to Agriculture. 
ERUIT PESTS. 
The Bud Moth. 
{Hedy a ocellana, Eab.) 
Numerous enquires have been made during the past summer 
concerning- the larvae of a small Tortricid Moth which damages the 
buds of various fruit trees when they are bursting and for some time 
after. These larvae which are prevalent to a greater or less extent 
every year are mostly those of the Bud Moth {Hedy a ocellana , Fab.). 
This fruit pest has long been known in Europe, Kollar having 
described its ravages as far back as 1857. Since that date little 
has been added to our knowledge in Europe, but in 1896 Slingerland 
published a detailed account of its life-history. The accounts of 
Kollar and Slingerland differ in some essential points, but the insect 
they write about is undoubtedly the same. It is quite probable 
that both observers are light, the insect living in two ways, as we 
see may occur in the case of the Colorado Beetle {vide p. 87). The 
Bud Moth not only occurs in Europe, but also on the North American 
Continent, both in Canada and the LTnited States. The south of 
England has been most affected by its presence, but it occurs in the 
western and eastern counties. It has been especially recorded from 
Bournemouth. Most fruit trees are subject to its ravages, but cherry 
and apple suffer to the greatest extent. The “ Bud Moth ” has been 
described under a great variety of names, some of which are given 
below : — 
Hedya ocellana, Fab. 
Penthina ocellana , Tr. 
Spilonota ocellana. 
Py ralis luscana, Fab. 
Tortrix comitana, Hb. 
Tmetocera ocellana, Schiff. 
Penthina oculana, Harris. 
Penthina pyrifoliana, Clem. 
