. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. Life History and Habits: Moths emerge in July and August. They are active at night. Eggs are deposited in bands around small branches or twigs, from 100- 250 eggs per mass. Overwintering occurs in the egg stage. Larvae hatch in late April and May, spin webs and feed gregariously on nearby foliage. As development proceeds, they spin larger tents from which they migrate over the tree, feeding voraciously. Migration to nearby trees sometimes occurs. Pupation takes place in loose cocoons on branches, between leaves and in dry
. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. Life History and Habits: Moths emerge in July and August. They are active at night. Eggs are deposited in bands around small branches or twigs, from 100- 250 eggs per mass. Overwintering occurs in the egg stage. Larvae hatch in late April and May, spin webs and feed gregariously on nearby foliage. As development proceeds, they spin larger tents from which they migrate over the tree, feeding voraciously. Migration to nearby trees sometimes occurs. Pupation takes place in loose cocoons on branches, between leaves and in dry debris. In Italy, larval and pupal stages last 38-47 days and 12-22 days, respectively. Description: Adult antennae, Tegs and has large transvers transverse band als brownish. Larva is dorsal line, grayis eighth abdominal se larva is bluish or in Plant Pest Surve (6) 2-7-58 expanse - male 25 to 30 mm., female 35 to 40 mm. Body, forewings generally yellow-ochre or reddish-brown. Forewing dark colored band. Hindwing lighter colored with a lighter than that of forewing. Cocoons yellowish, pupa brilliantly colored. Head grayish-blue, whitish medio- h-blue longitudinal bands on sides. The prothoracic and gments have two small dark warts dorsally. Ventrally, the dirty yellow. Hairs brown, more numerous on sides. (Prepared y Section in cooperation with other ARS agencies.) CEIR 8 Lackey Moth (Malacosoma neustria). 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 United States. Animal and Plant Health Service. Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs; United States. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine; United States. Plant Pest Control Division. Hyattsville, MD. [etc. ] Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service
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