. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). The Four-lined Leaf-bug. Pcecilocapsus lineatus. Ordke Hemipthra; family Capsid^. During the past three years this insect has been very destructive to the foliage of currant and gooseberry bushes in several localities in our State and in other States. In some instances it has rivaled the well- known Imported Currant Worm [JVeniatus ventricosus) in destructive- ness, and it has proven a much harder pest to control. In 1892 it was first noticed in alarming
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). The Four-lined Leaf-bug. Pcecilocapsus lineatus. Ordke Hemipthra; family Capsid^. During the past three years this insect has been very destructive to the foliage of currant and gooseberry bushes in several localities in our State and in other States. In some instances it has rivaled the well- known Imported Currant Worm [JVeniatus ventricosus) in destructive- ness, and it has proven a much harder pest to control. In 1892 it was first noticed in alarming numbers on the currant and gooseberry bushes in the horticultural garden at this Station. By the. Fig. 1— Currant leaves killed by the Insect. middle of June nearly one-half of the leaves on the new growth turned brown, curled up and died (Fig. 1). The red, the white, the black and the Crandall flowering currants, and the gooseberries of all varieties were attacked. The bushes looked as though a fire had swept over them, leaving the prominent top-most leaves brown and dead. The death of these leaves so early in the season greatly checked, and in many cases entirely stopped, the new growth that the bushes would have otherwise made. As the insect usually confines its attacks to the leaves of the new growth, the fruiting portions of the bushes 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 Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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