. Australian insects. Insects. 276 LEPIDOPTERA. the Hunter Kiver district, Wales, feeding upon the lucerne tops and drawing them together with silken threads. Arotrophora onhrodelta is a handsome little moth which I bred out of the seed pods of Acacia farnesiana growing near Lismore, ; the yellowish brown caterpillar has a pink stripe down the back, and each segment is spotted fi,!|ill;f'«i. Fig. 141.—Life history of the Lucerne Leaf Roller, Tortrix ijlaphiin'ana (Meyriek). With green; they devour the seeds and then pupate inside the pod close to the hole, through which the pupa wor
. Australian insects. Insects. 276 LEPIDOPTERA. the Hunter Kiver district, Wales, feeding upon the lucerne tops and drawing them together with silken threads. Arotrophora onhrodelta is a handsome little moth which I bred out of the seed pods of Acacia farnesiana growing near Lismore, ; the yellowish brown caterpillar has a pink stripe down the back, and each segment is spotted fi,!|ill;f'«i. Fig. 141.—Life history of the Lucerne Leaf Roller, Tortrix ijlaphiin'ana (Meyriek). With green; they devour the seeds and then pupate inside the pod close to the hole, through which the pupa works its head just before the moth is ready to emerge; the anal seg- ments being ringed with fine spines enable it to screw right out of the hard pod, so that the moth is not damaged. The moth, under 1 inch across the wings, has the fore pair chocolate brown, mottled and darkest at the tips; the hind pair are brown. Meyriek says that the larva of another species feeds enclosed in a short, stiff, silken tube among the leaves of Lomantia silarfolia; and a third feeds in the flower cone of our common honeysuckle (Banksia serrata). The Codlin Moth, Carpocapsa pomonelhh the world-wide pest to apple growers, is found in most parts of Australia; but though the reddish tinted caterpillar is universally known, there are a great many orchardists who do not know the moth, though it is easily recognised from all other species. 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 Froggatt, W. W. (Walter Wilson), 1858-; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS; Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Sydney, W. Brooks
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