. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 94 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. Austria in 1776. The popular name — eje-spotted bud moth — first used by Dr. Harris in 1841, is now in common use. The moth lias been described under five different names, and has been placed in six different genera. The genus Tmetocera (" cut- horned," from the notched appearance of the base of the antennge of the male moth) was established in 1859 for the reception of this insect which still r
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 94 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. Austria in 1776. The popular name — eje-spotted bud moth — first used by Dr. Harris in 1841, is now in common use. The moth lias been described under five different names, and has been placed in six different genera. The genus Tmetocera (" cut- horned," from the notched appearance of the base of the antennge of the male moth) was established in 1859 for the reception of this insect which still remains its only representative. How Its Presence is Indicated. The caterpillars of the bud moth are astir early in the spring, usually about May 1st, and soon begin their destructive work on the swelling and opening fruit and leaf buds. They eat into the buds, and often so check and disfigure a small tree as to spoil its symmetry. More often the caterpillar does not begin its work until the buds are nearly half opened. It then feeds upon the central expanding leaves or flowers, tying them together with silken threads (see the frontispiece, and figure 32). Some of the partly eaten leaves soon turn brown and thus render the work of the insect quite conspicuous; one correspondent wrote that his trees looked as though a fire had swept quickly through them, as so many leaves had turned brown. This tying together of the opening leaves and flowers and the brown appearance of many of them, are the most characteristic indications of the presence of the insect. Its Appearance. The caterpillar,—It is in this stage that this insect is familiar to fruit-growers. It appears on the buds in the spring as a little brown caterpillar, about .16 of an inch long, with a black head and thoracic shield. In June, when the caterpillars are full-grown (Fig. 33) they are about of the bud moth ^^^If an iucli in length and are of a cin- aboutthreetimes natural size. ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^j^
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