. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. 208 Insect Pests. against the walls or fences, it is frequently a serious enemy, and it is under such circumstances that it causes much harm to the apricot. Tlie moth is well known in Germanj^ where it is called tlie Harlequin Moth (3). It is also common in France. Tne damage is done by the small caterpillars in the spring, but tliej' are usually undetected until they are nearing maturity, and then, the foliage becoming badly eaten, remedies are adopted. The damage
. The insect and other allied pests of orchard, bush and hothouse fruits and their prevention and treatment . Insect pests; Fruit. 208 Insect Pests. against the walls or fences, it is frequently a serious enemy, and it is under such circumstances that it causes much harm to the apricot. Tlie moth is well known in Germanj^ where it is called tlie Harlequin Moth (3). It is also common in France. Tne damage is done by the small caterpillars in the spring, but tliej' are usually undetected until they are nearing maturity, and then, the foliage becoming badly eaten, remedies are adopted. The damage, however, is mainly done to the opening Ijuds and young leaves. Infestation may come from woods and hedgerows. The cater- pillars have a very varied diet otherwise than cultivated fruit, for we frequently find them swarming on hazel, .sloe, maple, spindle and otlier trees. LiFE-HlSTOEY AND This motli belongs to tlie same family as the Winter Moth, namely, the Gcoriutrklcc, the caterpillars being " Loopers" or " ; The moth is about 1^ inch in wing expanse, but the size is most variable. The writer has bred specimens only 1:^ inch, others over If inch across the expanded wings. The colour is creamy-white, spotted with black; the base of the fore wings has orange-yellow between the black spots, and there is a band of yellow on the surface of the wings between the double row of black spots seen in the sjDecimen iir the photograph ; the hind wings are like the front, but have no yellow ; the thorax and abdomen are also yellow and black. The male can Ije told from the female by tlie anteniue being pec- tinated. All variations exist; some specimens show very few black spots, others in which the black spots so completely unite that the moth is almost black. The latter, so-called melanie forms, occur mainly in the damp, humid localities on the west of Scotland, and I have taken melanie varieties in the Channel Islands, notably Sark. The whole stru
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