. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Tineidae. trees of their pcirenchyma. While it does not appear to have wrought great destruction generally, nevertheless there are in- stances on record where it has done much damaoe in orchards. The larvae have the habit of form- ing their cocoons in com- pany, attaching them to the twigs in great clus- ters, as represented in Fig. 251. This fact has led to the recommen- dation that the trees, â c- , c ^ ..,. ,, , when infested, should be Fig. 251.âB. pomifohella. a, cocoons
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Tineidae. trees of their pcirenchyma. While it does not appear to have wrought great destruction generally, nevertheless there are in- stances on record where it has done much damaoe in orchards. The larvae have the habit of form- ing their cocoons in com- pany, attaching them to the twigs in great clus- ters, as represented in Fig. 251. This fact has led to the recommen- dation that the trees, â c- , c ^ ..,. ,, , when infested, should be Fig. 251.âB. pomifohella. a, cocoons clus- . ' tered upon end of twig; b, cocoon, greatly en- lightly pruned all OVer in krged; ., moth, very greatly magnified. (After ^|^g ^.,,1^ .,j^ j ^,^g ^^j^^ carefully collected and burned. As the cocoons are located at the ends of the twigs, this may be a partially effective remedy. Another remedy is to thoroughly spray the trees with coal-oil emulsion or with linseed- oil. The greasy application is said to destroy the pupae in the thin papery cocoons. Genus TINEOLA Herrich-Schaeffer (i) Tineola bisselliella Hummel. (The Clothes-moth.) Syn. c)-inella Treitschke; destructor Stephens; biselliella Zeller; lanariella Clemens. There are several species of Tineid insects which attack gar- ments made of woolen fiber and furs. One of the commonest and most widely distrib- uted of these is the insect which we are now consid- ering. In Pennsylvania and in Marvland and south- ward, so far as observation shows,this'is the common- est ofthe '' ; The damage, it is needless to say, is not done by the Fig. 252. â7". bisseUiella. (After Riley.) 432. 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 Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932. Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Page & Co.
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