. Manual of fruit insects. 310 FRUIT INSECTS. the end of the body. When the moths emerge,empty pupa cases are left projecting from thenest. The moths (Fig. 266) expand from ^ to1^ inches; the front wings are bright ochre-yellow, marked with irregular brownish spotsand numerous transverse bands of a pale leadenblue. The eggs are depositedin flattened masses on thesmaller branches and are pro-tected by a gluey covering(Figs. 267 and 268). This insect rarely becomestroublesome on cultivatedcherries. The webs should becut out and burned. Fig. 267. — Eggmass of the cherry-tree tortrix with amoth re
. Manual of fruit insects. 310 FRUIT INSECTS. the end of the body. When the moths emerge,empty pupa cases are left projecting from thenest. The moths (Fig. 266) expand from ^ to1^ inches; the front wings are bright ochre-yellow, marked with irregular brownish spotsand numerous transverse bands of a pale leadenblue. The eggs are depositedin flattened masses on thesmaller branches and are pro-tected by a gluey covering(Figs. 267 and 268). This insect rarely becomestroublesome on cultivatedcherries. The webs should becut out and burned. Fig. 267. — Eggmass of the cherry-tree tortrix with amoth resting on acherry branch. Reference
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