. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 14 BULLETIN 42*7, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTtrHE. In a doubtful female the whole dorsum is of the same color as the head, the abdomen as before stated. The broader fore-wings are lighter at the front margin, plentifully sprinkled with uniform gray without the usual ocherous color in the middle, and the general ocherous tone of the whole. At the fold lies a black dot with a whitish border. Obliquely behind and over this dot there is no double spot, but a separate stronger deep-black ringlike dot, bright and strikingly
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 14 BULLETIN 42*7, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTtrHE. In a doubtful female the whole dorsum is of the same color as the head, the abdomen as before stated. The broader fore-wings are lighter at the front margin, plentifully sprinkled with uniform gray without the usual ocherous color in the middle, and the general ocherous tone of the whole. At the fold lies a black dot with a whitish border. Obliquely behind and over this dot there is no double spot, but a separate stronger deep-black ringlike dot, bright and strikingly inclosed. The cross-vein dot is smaller, but also black and similarly ringed with light color. Since the hind fringes are almost entirely broken off, I can not say further about the markings. The hind wings are sensibly broader than the fore-wings, and less finely Fig. 12.—Potato tuber moth details: a, b, Views of the face; c, antenna; d, tip of abdomen of female; e, tip of male abdomen; /, hind leg; g, foreleg. All much enlarged. (Original.) FOOD PLANTS. Prof. F. Picard (83) gives the following food plants for the tuber moth: Potato (Solanum tuberosum), S. commer- soni. Darwin potato (Solanum maglia), Bitter- sweet (S. dulcamara), S. miniatum. Eggplant (S. melongena). Tomato (S. lycopersicum). Red pepper (Capsicum, annuum). Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), N. sylves- tris. Henbane (Hyoscyamus albus), Matrimony vine (Lycium europaeum), Fabiana im- bricata. To this list may be added nightshade (Solanum nigrum), which has been noted as an occasional food plant for tuber-moth larvae in Southern 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. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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