. The control of the codling moth in the Pecos Valley in New Mexico . Contribution from the Bureau of Entomology, L. O. Howard, 30, 1914. THE CONTROL OF THE CODLING MOTH IN THEPECOS VALLEY IN NEW MEXICO. By A. L. Quaintance, in Charge of Deciduous Fruit Insect For some years complaints have been received by the Bureau ofEntomology from the fruit growers in the Pecos Valley, N. Mex., ofthe severe injury to apples and pears by the codling moth (Carpocapsapomonella L.). The methods employed in the control of this insectin other apple-growing regions have,

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. The control of the codling moth in the Pecos Valley in New Mexico . Contribution from the Bureau of Entomology, L. O. Howard, 30, 1914. THE CONTROL OF THE CODLING MOTH IN THEPECOS VALLEY IN NEW MEXICO. By A. L. Quaintance, in Charge of Deciduous Fruit Insect For some years complaints have been received by the Bureau ofEntomology from the fruit growers in the Pecos Valley, N. Mex., ofthe severe injury to apples and pears by the codling moth (Carpocapsapomonella L.). The methods employed in the control of this insectin other apple-growing regions have, in the Pecos Valley, beenstated to be there much less efficient, so that a considerable portionof the crop of fruit has been wormy and unsalable. The codling moth should yield as readily to treatment in the PecosValley as elsewhere, though, owing to favorable climatic conditions,it was surmised that it might develop an additional generation. Itwas not believed, however, that the behavior of the insect in thatregion was essentially different from its behavior in oth

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