A handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria, with notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them . e destruction of the first hordeof moths, remembering that by destroying these welargely check the increase at the outset. There areother methods for keeping off this pest, such as enclosingthe vines under muslin covers ; this, although a goodplan, is of course, unworkable in a vineyard, where timeis money. THE VINE MOTH. 107 In concluding these notes on the Vine Moth, it may bepointed out that we have two other, though more un-common, species of Agarisfa, but on comparing t
A handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria, with notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them . e destruction of the first hordeof moths, remembering that by destroying these welargely check the increase at the outset. There areother methods for keeping off this pest, such as enclosingthe vines under muslin covers ; this, although a goodplan, is of course, unworkable in a vineyard, where timeis money. THE VINE MOTH. 107 In concluding these notes on the Vine Moth, it may bepointed out that we have two other, though more un-common, species of Agarisfa, but on comparing theselatter moths with the figure on our plate the difference willat once be recognised. The large species of this genus, A. CasuarincB, rare, isfound in some parts of the colony, and so far as we knowis perfectly harmless to introduced plants. 108 DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA. PLATE XXIX. The Silver-striped Vine Moth (Chjerocampa celerio. Stephens). Fig. 1. Branch of vine showing caterpillars. Natural size. 2. Perfect insect, on wing. Natural size. 3. Perfect insect, at rest. Natural size. 4. Pupa. Natural C. !. G. French. XXIX. Troedel & C? Lith THE SILVER-STRIPED VINE MOTH. ] 09 CHAPTER XXXIV. THE SILVER-STRIPED VINE MOTH. {Chcerocampa celerio. Linn.) Order: Lepidoptera. Section : Heterocera. Family: Sphingidce. Very beautiful night-flying moths, the larvae of which dogreat damage to vines by stripping them of their leaves. This pest is probably an introduction from Europe, orit may be also indigenous. Be this as it may, this speciesis no doubt identical with the well-known Celery HawkMoth, of Europe, a species largely distributed through-out the world. As will be seen from our plate, the moth is about 3 or4 inches across the wings when expanded. The larva, orcaterpillar, is a very formidable-looking creature, some-times greenish and often brown in colour; the eleventhsegment of the body has a sort of horn-shaped projection,as shown at Fig.
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