Insects injurious to fruits . n the perfect insectappears. The moth, which is shown inthe figure at d, is an elegant littleinsect, its wings measuring, whenexpanded, about seven-tenths of aninch across. The fore wings are long and narrow, and cleftdown the middle about half-way to their base, the posteriorhalf of the wing having a notch in the outer margin. Theircolor is yellowish brown, with a metallic lustre, and severaldull-whitish streaks and spots. The hind wings are similarin color to the anterior pair, and are divided into three lobes;the lower division is complete, extending to the bas
Insects injurious to fruits . n the perfect insectappears. The moth, which is shown inthe figure at d, is an elegant littleinsect, its wings measuring, whenexpanded, about seven-tenths of aninch across. The fore wings are long and narrow, and cleftdown the middle about half-way to their base, the posteriorhalf of the wing having a notch in the outer margin. Theircolor is yellowish brown, with a metallic lustre, and severaldull-whitish streaks and spots. The hind wings are similarin color to the anterior pair, and are divided into three lobes;the lower division is complete, extending to the base, theupper one not more than two-thirds of the distance. Theouter and hind margins of the wings, as well as all the edges oftheir lobes, are bordered with a deep whitish fringe, vsprinkledhere and there with brown ; the body is long and slender,and a little darker than the wings. The antennae are moder-ately long and thread-like, nearly black, but beautifully dottedwith white throughout their whole length. The legs are long,. 270 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE GRAPE. banded alternately with yellowish brown and white, the hindones ornamented with two pairs of diverging spines, havingat their base a garter-like tuft of long brown scales, fromwhich feature the moth derives its name. Tiiis insect is single-brooded ; it is common throughout On-tario and Quebec. Where troublesome, it may be subdued byhand-picking, or by pinching the clusters of leaves and crushing the larvae. No. 145.—The Grape-vine Cidaria. Cidaria diversilineata is a pretty yellow moth, producing a geometric orlooping caterpillar which consumes the foliage of the insect passes the winter in the caterpillar state, hiber-nating in some secure retreat until aroused to activity by thewarmth of spring, when, after feeding a few days on theyoung vine leaves, it becomes a chrysalis, producing the mothabout ten days afterwards. The moths within a few daysdeposit their eggs on the leaves of the vine, which
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