Report of the State Entomologist of Connecticut for the year ... . , probably from natural causes, although more effectivespraying may have played a part. Appearance of the InsectThe various stages of the insect have been illustrated by Chittenden (2). The adult moths (Figure 1) are mottled brown in color. The femaleis more prominently marked than the male, with a dark, reddish-brownband that runs obliquely across the fore wing, in sharp contrast to ananterior area of light color. As viewed from above, with the wings folded,the bands form a wide, open letter V. There are posterior bands lessre
Report of the State Entomologist of Connecticut for the year ... . , probably from natural causes, although more effectivespraying may have played a part. Appearance of the InsectThe various stages of the insect have been illustrated by Chittenden (2). The adult moths (Figure 1) are mottled brown in color. The femaleis more prominently marked than the male, with a dark, reddish-brownband that runs obliquely across the fore wing, in sharp contrast to ananterior area of light color. As viewed from above, with the wings folded,the bands form a wide, open letter V. There are posterior bands lessregular and well defined. The hind wings have a brownish tinge andwide white borders. The wingspread varies from 13 to 19 millimeters. 242 Connecticut Experiment Station Bulletin 472 The eggs are deposited in irregular, flat masses (Figure 2), having theappearance of overlapping scales, which are found chiefly on the smoothbark of the trunk, branches or twigs, or on the upper surface of of the masses are nearly circular, with a diameter of an eighth of. Figure 2. The red-banded leaf greatly enlarged. Left, larva; right, egg mass. an inch, but more are oval or extended, in some cases being as long asthree-eighths of an inch. The newly deposited egg masses appear palegrayish green, but with the development of the embryos they assume awarm yellow tone. The young larvae (Figure 2) are of a light yellow color which aftera week or so turns to a yellowish green. The mature larvae vary in colorfrom a light to a dull grass green. As viewed from above, some of themhave the appearance of an inconspicuous striping. The intermediate stagesvary between these two in appearance. The head of the red-banded leafroller larva is not conspicuously different from the body in color, althoughtending toward a light brown. This serves as a ready means of distin-guishing this caterpillar from the fruit tree leaf roller (Cacoecia argy-rospila Walker), which has a shiny black head and
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