. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. 60 Insect Pests. Growers' Association in 1907, but no locality was mentioned. Of wall fruit, both peach and apricot are attacked occasionally; various. [F. EJenden. yUi. 4!^. —MELANIC MALE AND FEMALE ^rOTTLEIt UMBEIl MoTLL forest trees, such as oak, beech, lime, elm, birch and in hedgerows, the whitethorn, lilackthorn and privet. Owing to its larger size, when it appears in numbers it may d more harm than the Winter Motli. LiFE-HlSTOKV AND HaBITS. The male motli va
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. 60 Insect Pests. Growers' Association in 1907, but no locality was mentioned. Of wall fruit, both peach and apricot are attacked occasionally; various. [F. EJenden. yUi. 4!^. —MELANIC MALE AND FEMALE ^rOTTLEIt UMBEIl MoTLL forest trees, such as oak, beech, lime, elm, birch and in hedgerows, the whitethorn, lilackthorn and privet. Owing to its larger size, when it appears in numbers it may d more harm than the Winter Motli. LiFE-HlSTOKV AND HaBITS. The male motli varies from a little under to a little over 1^ inch in wing ex[ianse. Tlie front wings are normally a pale (lull yelhiwish, mottled with yellowish - brown and dusted with lirown ; there are two more or less prominent dark lines, the first bent in an angle, the second bent in three angles and often followed liy a darker hue, and there is a central dark spot on each wing; the hind wings are of a more uniform yellowish-grey, with minute darker specks and a dark spot on each. The colour is, however, very variable, some specimens being dark rusty-brown all over, owing to the thick dusting of dark colour, such as is seen in Fig. 49. The female is i[uite wingless and plump, much larger than the female Winter ]\loth, of various shades of yellowish-grey, and is nmch siieckled with dark bro\vn or black. IMiss Ormerod (1) describes. 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 Theobald, Frederick Vincent, 1868-1930. Wye, Eng. : Frederick V. Theobald
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