. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. 2 BULLETIN 609, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. HISTORY, DISTRIBUTION, AND SYNONYMY. The only published record regarding injury by this species ap- peared in 1915, when the writer mentioned the occurrence of the larva on sweet potato in Porto Rico (6).1 It was described first as. Fig. 1.—The sweet-potato leaf-folder (Pilocrocis tripunctata) : a, Moth; b, egg; c, early stage of larva, from side ; d, ventral view of larva ; e, side view of pupa. All enlarged; I), highly magnified. (Original.) Phalaena tripunctata by Fabricius in 179
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. 2 BULLETIN 609, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. HISTORY, DISTRIBUTION, AND SYNONYMY. The only published record regarding injury by this species ap- peared in 1915, when the writer mentioned the occurrence of the larva on sweet potato in Porto Rico (6).1 It was described first as. Fig. 1.—The sweet-potato leaf-folder (Pilocrocis tripunctata) : a, Moth; b, egg; c, early stage of larva, from side ; d, ventral view of larva ; e, side view of pupa. All enlarged; I), highly magnified. (Original.) Phalaena tripunctata by Fabricius in 1794 from material from the Central American Islands (1). Guenee recorded it ('AsDotyx cubanalis Gn.) from Cuba (2), and Dyar listed it from Florida, Texas, and the West Indies (5). Specimens from the following-named localities and now in the National Museum have been identified by Mr. August Busck: Ker- ville, Victoria, and San Antonio, Tex.; Mexico; Costa Rica ; Jamaica, Cuba, and Grenada, West Indies. The addition of Baton Rouge, La.,' and Brownsville, Tex., completes the list of known localities where' the species occurs. 1 Figures in parentheses refer to "Literature cited," p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Department : Supt. of Docs. , Govt. Print. Off.
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