THE POTATO-MOTH.
ATTACKING TOMATOES. The Government Biologist reports that the potato-moth has bejen quite prevalent in tomatoes in the Christchurch district. This is the first time that tliis insect has been recorded as injurious to this crop in New Zealand. The fruit appears to be- the portion of the plant mainly attaeked, but it is «probable that the civterpdllairs will also be found feeding on the interior tissues of the leaves, just as. they do in other sola>naceous plants, notably the nightshade, poroporo, and tobacco. Unlike the true tomato-moth, the po-tato-moth appears to prefer attack,ing the tomato when quite hard and green. Timely spraying with arsenate of lead, as for the control of the codlin-moth, should stop the potatomoth from ever becoming a. serious enemy of the tomato. Lea, of Tasmania, has recorded this insect as attacking the tomato, but he says its effects are in general restricted to the foliage.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10270, 24 June 1911, Page 5
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151THE POTATO-MOTH. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10270, 24 June 1911, Page 5
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