A handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria : with notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them . ,: CMTUOedanJi-. Mei. Plato 11. jaTids THE CODLIN MOTH. 45 CHAPTER yil. THE CODLIN MOTH. {Carpocapsa pomonella. Linn.) Order : Lepidoptera.—Family : Tortricidce. This hitherto much dreaded pest of the orchardist issaid to have made its appearance into Victoria about 35years ago, as Mr. J. C. Cole informs me that his fatherhad at that time a Windsor pear tree rendered next to use-less from the attacks of the larvae or grul)s of this moth. The true Codlin
A handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria : with notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them . ,: CMTUOedanJi-. Mei. Plato 11. jaTids THE CODLIN MOTH. 45 CHAPTER yil. THE CODLIN MOTH. {Carpocapsa pomonella. Linn.) Order : Lepidoptera.—Family : Tortricidce. This hitherto much dreaded pest of the orchardist issaid to have made its appearance into Victoria about 35years ago, as Mr. J. C. Cole informs me that his fatherhad at that time a Windsor pear tree rendered next to use-less from the attacks of the larvae or grul)s of this moth. The true Codlin Moth is supposed then to have beenimported from England during the comparatively earlydays of the colony, presumably either on fruit trees or incases, but for our purpose it matters not which. Many years ago I quite recollect the disputes whicharose as to whether oiu- so-called Codlin Moth was reallyidentical with that of the old country, and many were thecontroversies arising therefrom. This matter has now been fairly set at rest, as goodspecimens reared from both bands and fruit have beenavailable for the purpos
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