. Manual of fruit insects. Fig. 20. — Empty pupa .skinof lesser worm protruding fromend of small APPLE INSECTS 25 front margin and at the tip and lighter towards the a lens it is seen that this effect is produced by groupsof scales of three shades of brown; reddish, chocolate andlight brown; in addition the wing is crossed by three fine in-terrupted irregular pearl-blue lines, the basal one being doublein front. The hind wings are brown, paler towards the base. The moths emerge and eggs are laid at about the same timeas those of the codlin- X moth. The eggs areglistening mil
. Manual of fruit insects. Fig. 20. — Empty pupa .skinof lesser worm protruding fromend of small APPLE INSECTS 25 front margin and at the tip and lighter towards the a lens it is seen that this effect is produced by groupsof scales of three shades of brown; reddish, chocolate andlight brown; in addition the wing is crossed by three fine in-terrupted irregular pearl-blue lines, the basal one being doublein front. The hind wings are brown, paler towards the base. The moths emerge and eggs are laid at about the same timeas those of the codlin- X moth. The eggs areglistening milkywhite, flat and scale-like, and closely re-semble those of thecodlin-moth, but areonly a little more thanone half as hatch in 5 or 6days. The injury causedby this insect hasoften been confusedwith the work of thecodlin-moth. Manyof the young larvaeenter the fruit through the calyx cavity, while others borethrough the skin just outside the calyx, and still others enterat the side and near the stem. A larger proportion of the firstbrood enter at the calyx than is the case with the second
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