. Manual of vegetable-garden insects. nSeptember. The Granulated Cutworm Feltia annexa Treitschke This species is most abundant in the tropics. It rangesthrough the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, southwardto Chile and Argentina and northward to Nova Scotia andMinnesota, Among its foodplants are tomato, cabbage,pea, bean, corn, wheat,grasses, clover, cotton andtobacco. In the northern part ofits range the winter ispassed in the larval caterpillars reach ma-turity in May and full-grown caterpillar is nearly li inches in length,dark gray, with a pair of yellowish drab ob
. Manual of vegetable-garden insects. nSeptember. The Granulated Cutworm Feltia annexa Treitschke This species is most abundant in the tropics. It rangesthrough the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, southwardto Chile and Argentina and northward to Nova Scotia andMinnesota, Among its foodplants are tomato, cabbage,pea, bean, corn, wheat,grasses, clover, cotton andtobacco. In the northern part ofits range the winter ispassed in the larval caterpillars reach ma-turity in May and full-grown caterpillar is nearly li inches in length,dark gray, with a pair of yellowish drab oblique marks on eachsegment and a substigmatal pale gray line bordered with yellow-ish ; the underside of the body is pale greenish gray. Pupa-tion takes place in the ground. The reddish brown pupa isnearly f inch in length. The pupal period lasts from four tosix weeks. In the North there are two generations first brood of moths is on the wing during June, July andAugust; the second brood in August, September and Fig. 163. - The granulated cutwormmoth (X ID- 274 MANUAL OF VEGETABLE-GARDEN INSECTS The moth has an expanse of about li inches. In the femalethe front wings are dark grayisli brown with the outer borderand a broad costal band clay-color. The orbicular and reni-form spots are small, distinct and connected by a black bar(Fig. 163). In the male the front wings are lighter and thehind wings are pearl-white with the front margin eggs are white, about 3V inch in diameter and beautifullyribbed, one third of the ribs reaching the apex. The eggs hatchin about four days. References French, Can. Ent., 14, pp. 207-210. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 95, p. 362. 1904. The Clay-Backed Cutworm Feltia gladiaria Morrison The clay-backed cutworm is widely distributed in NorthAmerica east of the Rockies. Its food plants include potato,tomato, sweet potato, bean, cabbage, onion, corn, clover, oatsand grasses. This species, when abundant and lacking food,
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