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The Oblique-Banded Leaf-Boller. 
(■Caccecia rosaceana, Harris.) 
Order Lepidoptera. Family Tortricid.®. 
This leaf-roller of the apple* has been several times reported to 
transfer its attentions, at least occasionally, to the strawberry. In 
W'ftnide to ithe Study of Insects,” Dr. Packard says of this species: 
“We found on the 23d of June, the fully grown larva on the leaves 
of the strawberr), doubling them up and binding them together by 
a few silken threads. . ,, 
“The worm is pale livid, greenish above and paler beneath, with a I 
lhe worm ib pale » & side of the hinder edge of the pro- 
^^““he head is very pale honey-yellow with two black spots; 
one near the insertion of the mandibles, and the other on the side 
ill w of the head. The posterior half of each segment is 
transversely wrinkled a few times. The body is scattered over with 
a few minute tubercles, each giving rise to a fine nair. It is .80 of 
an inch long. 
“Ono snecimen spun its slight cocoon on June 26th, the pupa 
appearing 1 June 30th. It is sometimes attacked by ichneumons 
“The nupa is pointed on the vertex of the head and on the back 
t i ^Lrlnminal ring are two rows of spines. On the abdominal 
°±Z\ he bZn cocoon are ?hree pairs of minute hooks, the two 
outer pairs supported on a pedicel, by which the chrysalis is re ■ 
tehied^n place in the cocoon. The moth usually appears the last 
of June. There is a second brood in August. 
Tt will be seen that this is a much larger species than the true 
to^the tt rb 8 foTd h s d th b e y 
loosely than the other. • 
It feeds on a great variety of plants, of which the rose, 
apple, peach, cherry, plum, strawberry, beans and cotton-plant a 
the most important. 
TVip moth is dark reddish brown, the ground color of the anterior 
wings commonly being crossed obliquely, from before backwards and 
outwards by abroad, dark reddish brown band, with a basal patch 
and an apical spot of the same color, all these areas partially 
limited bv slightly darker brown lines. The paler portions of the 
S are h-reSmly striated with reddish brown lines three o winch 
originate in the costal spot, and respectively just before, in, and 
above'the internal angle. Fringes dark brown apical!y, bee °“^ 
naler below Posterior wings dull fuscous internally, deep ocnr 
Lvond Under surface of both pairs ochreous, deeper m color 
am call v where they are frequently speckled with brown irroratioiis. 
The l&rand aSnTare dark reddish brown The anterior maj 
ain of the wing of the female is slightly excavated before the ape , 
as is also the posterior margin, making the apical angle , lo ° k as , lf 
it were somewhat produced, so that, when closed, the outline of 
.For a full account of its injuries in the apple orchard, the reader is referred to the 
Eleventh Illinois Report, pp. 10-15. 
