. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. 36 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 353 Oriental Moth Cnidocampa flavescens Walk. Cocoons of this moth, which is native to the Orient, were first found in the vicinity of Boston in 1906. Since then it has spread slowly into the surrounding area of eastern Massachusetts. The larva, which is one of the slug caterpillars, feeds on the foliage of several trees. Norway maple, sycamore maple, buckthorn, black birch, wild and cultivated cherry, apple, pear, and plum are most severely injured. When the caterpill
. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. 36 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 353 Oriental Moth Cnidocampa flavescens Walk. Cocoons of this moth, which is native to the Orient, were first found in the vicinity of Boston in 1906. Since then it has spread slowly into the surrounding area of eastern Massachusetts. The larva, which is one of the slug caterpillars, feeds on the foliage of several trees. Norway maple, sycamore maple, buckthorn, black birch, wild and cultivated cherry, apple, pear, and plum are most severely injured. When the caterpillars are abundant, less favored hosts such as oak, other maples, poplar, willow, honey locust, hickory, and hackberry are 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 Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Amherst, : Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 1907-1974
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